THE presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed next Tuesday for judgment in the petitions filed by General Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, challenging the election of President Umaru Yar�Adua. Buhari, candidate of the All Nigeria … read more
Leader of the NigerDelta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Asari Dokubo, has condemned the use of violence, hostage taking and guns in the struggle for resource control and urged the people to embrace dialogue. Dokubo spoke at Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North … read more
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Owoye Azazi, on Wednesday directed the Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Maj.-Gen Lawrence Ngubane, to beef up security around oil workers and strategic oil locations in the Niger Delta. A … read more
Hopes of early repairs of the Escravos/Warri Trunkline might have been truncated as the Igbokodo-Urhobo community allegedly demanded the payment of N40m before allowing the contractor handling the work to gain access to the site. A reliable source told our … read more
Following the protests by Virgin Nigeria and Arik Air against the Federal Government�s order that all airlines should relocate domestic operations to the new Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal II (MMA-2), the House of Representatives yesterday urged all the parties … read more
Unknown gunmen, yesterday, kidnapped a manager with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Mr. Dienye Nehemiah, while his driver was shot and critically wounded along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Although the kidnap was confirmed by Police PRO … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has asked the Federal Government to allow an independent team to verify its claim that one of their their leaders, Henry Okah has not been killed. They also said that … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has denied claims a militant leader from the country’s oil-rich Delta has died in police custody. The president’s spokesman said Henry Okah was “in safe custody”. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) … read more
Frequent power cuts in Nigeria have become “embarrassing”, the country’s vice-president has said. Goodluck Jonathan was speaking after the lights went out at a meeting he was attending in the capital, Abuja. During last year’s election, President Umaru Yar’Adua said … read more
Oil firm, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), on Tuesday told the House of Representatives Committee on Environment that Nigeria lost about $200 million to oil theft in the Niger Delta region last year. General Manager of CNL, Lanre Kalejaiye, who said … read more