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BBC Puts Total Hostage Count At 4 or 5

Gunmen have attacked an offshore oil pumping station at dawn in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, kidnapping three Italians and at least one other, say police. Bayelsa State police commissioner Hafiz Ringim told the BBC: “The militants came in four boats and … read more

1 Killed, 3 Hostage

Gunmen attacked a southern Nigerian oil installation belonging to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA early Thursday, killing one person and taking three Italians hostage, officials said. Bayelsa state Police Commissioner Hafiz Ringim confirmed the attack on the Agip oil … read more

Robbers Kill Police Commissioner

A major tragedy befell the police high command yesterday when a 52-year old Commissioner of Police, (Police Mobile Unit, Abuja) Mr. Teka Felix, was shot dead by suspected robbers at a close range. The attack, which occurred at about 12.45pm … read more

FRSC worried over okada riders in P�Harcourt

The recklessness exhibited by commercial motorcycle operators on the streets of Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital, is giving officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission a cause for concern. Similarly, the Port Harcourt-based Institute of Human Right and … read more

Governor�s campaign office bombed

The campaign office of the Bayelsa State Governor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was on Tuesday night rocked by an explosion. The attack on the office, known as the Green Movement, came barely 10 days after the state secretariat of Peoples Democratic … read more

We won’t accept coup in Nigeria, U.S. declares

THE United States (U.S.) yesterday sought the support of all Nigerians, especially the military for the country’s democratic process. It, however, warned that it would not tolerate any truncation of Nigeria’s democracy under any guise. Washington, therefore, appealed to the … read more