Factional militant leader from the Niger Delta, Tom Ateke, weekend accused the government of talking peace while provoking rebel commanders with army raids. Ateke Tom’s armed group is one of several in the Niger Delta that have fought with troops … read more
Nigeria’s national police force is committing widespread and systemic torture during interrogations and in prison cells, a U.N. expert said Monday. U.N. anti-torture investigator Manfred Nowak said Nigerians in police custody are often flogged, beaten with sticks and machetes, shot … read more
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Flush Out 3 on Monday uncovered a new cache of arms and ammunition in Okochiri, which used to be Tom Ateke�s den. An illegal pipeline leading to his personal jetty was also discovered. The … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua announced on Monday that government is working out a realistic and achievable date as the deadline for gas flare-out by all oil and gas companies operating in the country. The President made this known during the … read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on Monday denied two applications by former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, for lack of concrete evidence, while the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) amended the charges against him to 170. … read more
A key member of a Niger Delta oil rebel group has been confirmed as alive and well by members of his family. The news comes over a week after Henry Okah’s rebel group threatened “anarchy” in the Delta region unless … read more
THE Presidential standard-bearer of the All Nigeria People�s Party (ANPP), Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, has filed 20 additional grounds of appeal against the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which endorsed the election of President Umaru Yar�Adua. He lodged the … read more
REHABILITATION work has started on the damaged NNPC Petroleum pipeline at the Journalists’ Estate, Arepo, Ogun State, near Lagos. Vanguard gathered that NNPC engineers arrived the site yesterday to begin work on the pipeline which burst on Friday. They did … read more
The Dutch oil firm, Shell Petroleum Development Company, has reaped from the prevailing peace in the creeks of Delta State as 170, 000 barrels of crude oil per day have been recovered from the production shut-in in its western operations … read more
The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Sunday said that his administration would not enter into dialogue with armed groups. Amaechi, who spoke through his Director of Press Affairs, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, told our correspondent that unless the gunmen … read more