President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua gave hints yesterday that the Federal Government was on the verge of a breakthrough in its negotiations for lasting peace with Niger Delta militants. He disclosed that the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, had held extensive … read more
Nigeria’s food and drug safety watchdog said Thursday that some Chinese-produced toothpaste contained a toxic substance and as a result ordered all foreign-made toothpaste to be pulled from shelves across Africa’s most-populous nation. The agency also ordered the disposal of … read more
Breaking News: 19:00hrs to 06:00hrs Okada curfew imposed on Port Harcourt by Police Commissioner Felix Ogbaudu. Decision to be reviewed after one week. (Reuters) – Many residents were too afraid to leave their homes in Nigeria’s main oil city Port … read more
(AP) _ Authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Friday in the southern Nigerian state where security forces and gang members have clashed, while residents fled the hardest-hit neighborhood. � The measure for Rivers State would be reviewed after one week, Police … read more
Following the escalating crisis in the Niger Delta region in the past few months, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) disclosed yesterday that it lost about $10.6 billion to the protracted kidnappings, killings and vandalisation of oil facilities which … read more
A UNITED States (U.S.) District Court yesterday rejected Chevron Corporation’s final bid to avoid prosecution over alleged involvement in brutal attacks on Nigerian villagers. Nine Nigerian plaintiffs are suing Chevron in a federal court in San Francisco for deaths and … read more
Residents of Kano State now live in fear, as Muslim groups are allegedly planning to attack the Hausa film actress, Maryam Usman, popularly known as Hiyana, over her x-rated video phone-clip circulating in the state, a move described by the … read more
(AP) _ Security forces on Thursday attacked the camp of a leading Nigerian oil-region gang member whose fighters were implicated by police in a recent gunbattle that left more than a dozen people dead. � The military and police attacked … read more
(Reuters) – Nigerian troops and gangsters fought gun battles in the oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, killing an undisclosed number of people, army and security sources said. The army launched a dawn raid on several criminal hide-outs after … read more
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the mother of a local MP in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta, authorities say. The woman was abducted on Monday night from her home in Brass, a coastal village in Bayelsa, one of Nigeria’s main oil-producing states. … read more