The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has paraded seven persons suspected to be involved in illegal bunkering. The task force also impounded seven fuel tankers of 33,000 litres capacity each, four pumping machines, two speed boats, nine mobile phones and … read more
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ikeremadu, has described Niger Delta youths as freedom fighters and not demons as was being portrayed. Ikeremadu stated these at the occasion of the land breaking ceremony of the Niger Delta Development Commission�s shore protection, … read more
Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say. One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told … read more
Controversy is trailing alleged moves by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to return to Ogoniland which it abandoned about 15 years ago following disagreements with the host community and the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Niger-Delta activist by the federal … read more
THREE vessels used for illegal bunkering activities were yesterday consumed in an explosion that occurred around the Soku area of Degema Local Government area of Rivers State. Saturday Tribune gathered that the incident started as early as 5:00am in the … read more
This is certainly not the best of times for former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his deeds in office continue to come under close scrutiny by the day. Upon coming to office in 1999, Obasanjo assure Nigerians, through the then minister … read more
Ijaw youths have threatened to blow up multinational oil felicities belonging to Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (EPNL) and Shell Development Company of Nigeria (SDPC) if the Nigerian government, in collaboration with its French counterpart, operators of Elf do not set … read more
Embattled leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Messrs. Henry Okah and Edward Atatah, yesterday dragged the governments of Nigeria and Angola before the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights over what they call … read more
Fourteen people were killed on Thursday in different parts of the country as police and armed robbers engaged in gun duels. It was not a lucky day for the robbers in Lagos as four of them were brutally killed and … read more
THE Joint Task Force, JTF, a security outfit in the Niger Delta, always has cause to celebrate minimal results in the convoluted crises in the oil producing zones. The Tom Ateke story, the latest version of it, is a confirmation … read more