AFTER eight days in captivity, father of the Deputy Speaker in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Charles Nwile, has been released. The 70-year-old, Chief Lawrence Nwile, was released following the arrest of a suspect, Johnbull Robinson, last Friday and … read more
The Task Force on Beautification and Sanitation of Effurun and Warri, Delta State, has started demolishing illegal structures in the area. The Task Force, led by its Chairman, Prof. Chike Okolocha, began the exercise last week at the newspaper depot … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua yesterday held a crucial meeting with State Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senate President, Senator David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh and theparty�s National … read more
Finance Minister, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, has expressed hope that crude oil production from the Niger Delta region would continue its recovery in the months ahead. An agency report quoted him at the weekend as saying that Royal Dutch Shell�s (RDSA) … read more
THE pipeline fire, which began in the early hours of Friday, at a vandalised condensate pipeline in the outskirts of Otor-Udu, Ughelli South Local Council, Delta State, was finally put out yesterday by a contingent of fire fighters from Shell. … read more
The Metropolitan Police have concluded plans to dispatch a crack team of detectives to carry out further investigations in Nigeria on the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, over money laundering. The team is expected in Nigeria this week … read more
Armed conflicts in the Niger Delta and other violent crises aided by the use of AK-47 and other similar weapons have cost Africa about $300bn between 1990 and now, Oxfam International has said. The report was titled “Africa’s Missing Billions.” … read more
The family of the detained peace activist, Chief (Dr) Mrs. Judith Asuni, has blamed the woes of their matriarch on those they called powerful top government officials “who are beneficiaries of the crisis in the Niger Delta.” The family did … read more
Commander, Inspector General of Police Monitoring Task Force on Pipeline Vandalisation, Mr. Murtala Abdulahi, has said that the war against oil bunkering by the special task force was being frustrated by the involvement of top security officers in the Niger … read more
Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua says eradicating corruption is the key to ending poverty in his country. Mr Yar’Adua told the BBC that all Nigerians need to become honest, trustworthy and hard-working people. He stressed that politicans must start to set … read more