By admin on March 16, 2010
WARRI—GOVERNORS, elders, leaders and stakeholders of the Niger-Delta, yesterday, angrily scolded the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, for detonating two bombs some 200 metres away from the Government House Annex, Warri, Delta State, venue of a two-day post amnesty dialogue by Vanguard Newspapers.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged delta state, house of assembly, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, vanguard news
By admin on March 16, 2010
….Militants threaten oil facilities
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the explosion that rocked the venue of Vanguard’s Post-Amnesty conference, saying it was to let the world know of its continued relevance in the region.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged delta state, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta, vanguard news
By admin on March 16, 2010
* Militants detonate two bombs outside amnesty talks
* Passers-by injured, no reports of serious casualties
* Threat of more attacks on oil industry
* Potential setback for Acting President Jonathan
(Adds comment from Acting President)
By Segun Owen
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged acting president, delta state, goodluck jonathan, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta
By admin on March 15, 2010
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian kidnappers seized the wife of a prominent businessman and former candidate for governor in the southeastern Nigerian state of Imo as she left a church service, police said Monday.
“Mrs. Stella Odimegwu was abducted on Sunday by some 30 gunmen who overpowered her as she came out of a church service at Asa Ubirielem,” a senior police officer told AFP.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged imo state, nigerian kidnappers
By admin on March 15, 2010
Two car bombs struck the Nigerian oil city of Warri this morning during talks on an amnesty for former rebel fighters.
At least four state governors were among several hundred senior officials gathered in the Delta State government house in the southern city when the bombs went off.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged delta state, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, nigerian oil
By admin on March 13, 2010
Lagos – Ten people were injured when a Nigerian Air Force plane overshot the runway at Port Harcourt airport, a senior official said on Saturday.
“The plane with 47 passengers and five crew was carrying out an emergency response exercise flight from Abuja when it skidded off the runaway and rammed into the bush yesterday (Friday),” the official of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria said.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged federal airport authority of nigeria, plane accident, port harcourt airport
By admin on March 12, 2010
*GOC says Army acted professionally
*NYSC defies Reps, swears in corps members
By Taye Obateru & Luka Binniyat
JOS—HUNDREDS of Plateau women, yesterday, staged peaceful demonstrations in Jos and Abuja against Sunday’s mayhem at Dogon Nahawa where hundreds, mostly women and children, were murdered.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged house of assembly, house of representatives, national assembly, plateau state, vanguard news
By admin on March 12, 2010
With names largely drawn from Nigeria and Yemen, the United States government is said to have nearly doubled the number of individuals who are now on the no-fly-list since the last Christmas Day terror attempt, by Nigerian terror suspect, Umar Abdulmutallab, Empowered Newswire reports.
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged associated press, barack obama, visa applications
By admin on March 12, 2010
Didier Drogba has been crowned African Footballer of the Year for the second time in his career.
The Chelsea striker, who also won the award in 2006, was selected ahead of fellow Chelsea player Michael Essien of Ghana and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto’o.
Drogba won the award on his 32nd birthday, but he was not present to pick up the gong. Emmanuel Adebayor won the award last year.
Posted in Nigerian Sports News
By admin on March 12, 2010
* Police say have made 200 arrests
* Charges include possession of firearms, breaking curfew
* Local government, military trade blame
By Shuaibu Mohammed
JOS, Nigeria, March 11 (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria said on Thursday they had arrested around 200 people following weekend attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people are feared to have been killed.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, plateau state
