Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and Udoamaka Okoronkwo, who are standing trial for alleged corruption before a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, have asked Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu to disqualify himself from the trial for alleged … read more
The Joint Task Force of the Niger Delta on Sunday attributed the increasing cases of kidnapping in Port Harcourt to crackdown by its troops on illegal oil bunkering and sea piracy. The Spokesman of the JTF, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa … read more
Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, has said immunity clause should not protect public officers against prosecution on criminal charges. Speaking during an interview with journalists in Ode-Omu, Osun State, on Saturday, Akinlabi said immunity clause was a sensitive … read more
Attackers armed with AK-47 rifles and dynamite blew up a police building on Bonny Island, an oil and gas export hub in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta, security experts working for private companies said on Saturday The reports did not suggest … read more
Two children who were kidnapped in Nigeria’s oil hub Port Harcourt earlier this week have been released, police said Saturday “The children were released unhurt. I spoke to their father who confirmed the good news,” Rivers state police chief Felix … read more
For the first time since the controversy surrounding the redeployment of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to NIPSS, the government of the United States has expressed its concern over the matter publicly, Empowered Newswire reports. Empowered … read more
President Umaru Yar�Adua on Saturday in Shanghai, China said the Federal Government would soon embark on the development of metro lines for some of Nigeria�s major cities The President also said that Nigeria would welcome Chinese technical assistance for the … read more
Amnesty International on Saturday called on Nigeria to allow two detained suspected separatist leaders to be allowed access to their lawyers and family. Henry Okah, suspected of being the spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta … read more
Representatives of the major Niger Delta militant groups have failed to reach an agreement on ending violence and kidnappings in the region. The Voice of America reports that the groups failed to reach a consensus on who among them truly … read more
Fears that Lagos may be hit by fuel scarcity heightened on Friday as the Department of Petroleum Resources took a decision to recall all the contaminated fuel in circulation. Sources said the department, after a long meeting with the major … read more