By admin on April 26, 2010
A former president of the Ijaw Youths Council and former militant leader in the Niger Delta, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has been arrested by security operatives at the Nigerian end of the Seme border with Republic of Benin.
Investigations revealed that Dokubo was coming into the country from Cotonou, when operatives of the State Security Service arrested him.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged Asari Dokubo, niger delta, state security service
By admin on April 10, 2010
Nigerian gunmen on Friday kidnapped three Syrian expatriates and one Lebanese worker near the oil hub Port Harcourt, a police spokeswoman said.
The four expatriates are employed by an engineering company in Port Harcourt, the main oil city of Africa’s biggest energy producer.
“The hoodlums kidnapped the four … and fled while firing at the police,” said Rita Inoma Abbey, spokeswoman for Rivers State police, adding that the criminals were wearing military uniforms.
Posted in Nigerian Business News, Nigerian News | Tagged niger delta
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 11, 2010
The Acting Commissioner of Police in Plateau State, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, has said that some “faceless influential persons” are behind the March 7 killings in three villages of Shen district in Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
Aduba, who briefed the press on the latest development in the state, said that confessional statements extracted from the suspects indicated that while some of them volunteered to take part in the massacre, others had influential sponsors.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged joint task force, niger delta, plateau state
By admin on March 11, 2010
ABUJA – Thousands of Nigerians marched to the gates of the presidential villa on Wednesday to demand an end to the presidency of ailing leader Umaru Yar’Adua so Acting President Goodluck Jonathan can take over as head of state.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, head of state, niger delta, presidency, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 10, 2010
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta have destroyed fresh 500 illegal crude oil refineries and arrested six suspected oil thieves at Egbekebor and Gbelekumor communities in Delta State.
Also, several pumping machines used by the bunkerers, drums of suspected crude and refined products were also seized.
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged crude oil refineries, joint task force, niger delta, oil bunkering, vanguard news
By admin on March 5, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria – Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta announced Thursday they had attacked a major pipeline junction run by the Italian firm Agip, only days after claiming responsibility for another attack in the region.
A statement by the Joint Revolutionary Council claimed its fighters launched an assault early Wednesday morning on an Agip pipeline junction that connects several crude oil storage fields. However, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, a military spokesman for the region, dismissed the attack claims as “completely false.”
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged acting president, associated press, goodluck jonathan, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta
By admin on March 5, 2010
The return of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua three months after he left for a Saudi hospital might normally have beeen seen as a sign that a long spell of debilitating uncertainty was over.
But this was no ordinary return for a long absent president with an army band and a red carpet.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged goodluck jonathan, niger delta, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 5, 2010
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Thursday said Nigeria required change and therefore challenged Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, to take ‘quick and aggressive’ actions in order to save the nation.
Danjuma spoke while responding to the Acting President‘s address at the inauguration of the newly constituted Presidential Advisory Council in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, niger delta
