Some newspapers are reporting the above. We have confirmation that this is false. This story was a misrepresentation of the US Consolate’s most recent warden messages and travel warning. Although the U.S. Consulate�s warnings strongly caution against travel to the … read more
PosterS of detained leader of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujihad Dokubo Asari seeking to succeed Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State in next year’s elections are adorning strategic places in Port Harcourt, the state capital.Though Dokubo-Asari does … read more
Tension may rise again in the Niger Delta, as a fierce gun battle between militants and soldiers along a border community near Ekeremor in Bayelsa State on Sunday night left 10 Ijaw youths and a soldier dead. An unspecified number … read more
Soldiers stopped cars at checkpoints and arrested 60 people in the third day of a crackdown on militants in Nigeria’s volatile oil region. The army said Sunday that 160 people have been arrested so far in the Niger River delta … read more
We regret to inform you that we have reason to believe that a member of our staff, Mr. Nelson Ujeya, was involved in a security incident on Sunday evening. From available reports, Nelson was said to be in a convoy … read more
There has been a directive from the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), withdrawing all routine police escorts for non expatriates everywhere in Nigeria. The implication of this directive is that companies will be unable to provide escort services to and … read more
The recent federal government crackdown on militants in the Niger Delta, which led to the arrest of about 100 of them weekend is currently sending jitters through the nations’ oil and gas industry with fears of possible reprisal attacks. The … read more
Findings by The Punch correspondent revealed that work on the eastern gas gathering system 1, a multi- million facility being undertaken by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Soku in Rivers State, had stopped because of the kidnap of … read more
AT least 100 persons have been arrested in Iloabuchi, a Port Harcourt slum, in the first raid launched by the Joint Task Force to flush out militants from the city. The offensive is part of the ongoing crack down on … read more
The main militant group in Nigeria`s oil- producing Niger Delta region has scoffed at President Olusegun Obasanjo`s crackdown order on those involved in hostage taking and other criminal activities in the region. “Whatever directive he (Obasanjo) is giving (is) intended … read more