The Action Congress on Sunday called on President Umaru Yar�Adua to reconstitute the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the fresh poll ordered by the election tribunals. The party said the President should also rectify the situation that led to … read more
The Integrity Group, on Sunday, said that the suit filed by 57 legislators against its members and the House of Representatives would not save the Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, from stepping aside. The Leader of the group, Mr. Farouk Lawan, … read more
A prominent militant group claimed responsibility on Saturday for the kidnapping of six foreign workers from an Italian oil facility off the coast of Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) gave no reason for Friday’s … read more
The new Governor of Rivers State, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, talked tough saying his government would not be a continuation of any past administration in the state. In his maiden broadcast to the state, he announced the immediate suspension … read more
Top naval officers and ratings serving in the Niger Delta converged on Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday for a two-day seminar on how to enhance security in the region. The security officers were also to discuss on the threat perception … read more
PALPABLE fears have gripped several state officials, as there are strong indications that tribunals sitting at various state capitals may overturn more governorship elections. The ruling of the Supreme Court last Thursday in Abuja, which removed Celestine Omehia as governor … read more
INDICATIONS are that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in big trouble, as shown in its last Wednesday night’s meeting at the Villa, in Abuja. President Yar’Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as well as the party governors were … read more
Leader of Niger Delta People�s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on Friday, threatened to go back to the creeks if the federal government failed to address the agitation of the region. Asari, who spoke at the Niger Delta Investment and … read more
Landlords who say they are the original owners of Port Harcourt, have vowed to partner the Rivers State government to chase out the aborigines resident in all the waterfronts in the state capital. This is on the heels of the … read more
The embattled leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State Of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, was this morning granted a three-month bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The MASSOB leader had been denied … read more