Reactions on Thursday trailed the leakage of the report of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta Operation Restore Hope, to militants in the region as the Ijaw ethnic nationality group warned the Federal Government not to launch any … read more
FEDERAL Government has been told to rescind its decision on the sacking of the EFCC boss, Malam Nuhu Ribadu as the action would send wrong signals to the international community on the sincerity of the government towards the crusade against … read more
The Niger-Delta militants have threatened to renew violent attacks on oil installations in the country as well as extend their activities to other strategic cities including Lagos, Abuja, Owerri and Kaduna in a renewed demand to achieve justice and right … read more
THE new year began on a bloody note in Port Harcourt early yesterday after gunmen attacked two police stations and the famous Presidential Hotel in the city, killing at least 16 people, seven of them policemen. A petrol tanker also … read more
GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has vowed to take the fight against crime and terrorism in the state to the camps of militants. He said at Obiokpor that he would not wait for hoodlums to unleash fresh terror on … read more
THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has proposed a new salary structure for the president, the vice president, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, ministers and other top government officials in the country. The proposal is contained in a … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday urged Nigerians to resolve, in the spirit of the New Year, to renew their commitments towards “earnestly and actively” moving the nation further along the path to true greatness. On its part, the National Assembly, … read more
CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, met in Abuja for several hours, with top officials of the commission, in what one source said might be the first in the series of his valedictory … read more
The National Assembly is putting up a legislation in the new year that will compel the oil companies operating in the Niger Delta to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA obtainable all over the world. The Chairman, Senate Committee … read more
Suspected militants have killed four policemen in a New Year dawn attack on two police stations in Borokiri and Trans-Amadi areas of Port Harcourt, capital of Nigeria’s oil state of Rivers, the state’s police commissioner, Felix Ogbaudu, said. He said … read more