Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark on Saturday asked President Umaru Yar�Adua to authorise investigations into allegations that the immediate past Rivers State government was paying militants in the area N100 million monthly until the middle of last year. He … read more
ON a day that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND threatened to strike at more states in the region, the Rivers State government and the former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo were yesterday engaged in … read more
A common social problem in South Africa, the rape of underaged females by HIV-positive men seeking a cure may have spread to Nigeria. IRIN News Agency and Agence France Presse reported on Thursday that the police and government officials in … read more
There are indications that the series of attacks by militants on police stations in the Niger Delta is causing disquiet among policemen serving in the region. Over the past few months, militants had attacked police stations in various locations in … read more
Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom is reportedly eyeing a “mindboggling” stake in Nigeria’s energy reserves in a bid to trump US, Chinese and Indian interests. In a dispatch from Abuja and Moscow, the Financial Times quoted a senior Nigerian oil … read more
Despite the controversy over the bid to remove Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the only regret the anti corruption czar has is that President Umaru Yar Adua once stopped him from … read more
Police and government officials in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have reported an upsurge in incidents of child rape and said that young girls are now unsafe in the city. In one incident a 70-year-old man allegedly raped a three … read more
Police in Lagos have killed about 65 suspected armed robbers during exchange of fire in the last six months. Also, 291 others were arrested during the period under review. Addressing newsmen at the Ikeja Command Headquarters on Thursday, the state … read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday debunked insinuations in some quarters that the recent rise in the crude oil price was as a result of recent militant attacks in Port Hacourt, capital of Rivers State. The Corporation attributed the … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) yesterday vowed to cripple oil exports from the Niger Delta region by providing arms including anti-aircraft gunships to the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Ateke Tom in what … read more