Tag: Niger Delta
Police To Downsize Mobile Force
The Nigeria Police has begun the overhauling and downsizing of its mobile force in a bid to professionalise it, Mr.…
2011 Elections Crucial To Nigeria Future -Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to see the 2011 elections was not about his candidature alone, but about…
Amnesty Condemns Mass Evictions In Port Harcourt
The rights group, Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria’s government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Plans for urban…
Middle Belters Demand Farming Commission
A non governmental organisation, the United Middle Belt Youth Congress (UMBC) has called for the setting up of the Middle…
MEND Issues Bomb Threat To Jonathan’s Campaign
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has issued a fresh threat to bomb any campaign gathering…
Brother of Nigeria militant Henry Okah Arrested
Charles Okah, the brother of Nigerian militant Henry Okah, has been arrested in Lagos on suspicion of aiding two deadly…
ACN to FG: Another Bomb Blast In Abuja Will Have Far-Reaching Implications
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has advised the federal government to ensure that everything humanly possible is done to…
Jonathan Trips To Sokoto, Zamfara Hitch-Free —Presidency
President Goodluck Jonathan trips to Sokoto and Zamfara states was successful and incident free, the presidency asserted in a press…
Beating The Drums Of War
While we should be mourning the deceased victims of the Independence day bomb blasts close to Eagle Square in the…
Must Govt Sponsor Pilgrimages?
Last Friday’s revelation that the Federal Government intends to spend about N14 billion on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia came as…
MEND Leader, Okah Tackles Jonathan Over Bomb Blasts
The former leader of Nigeria’s armed group has said he was arrested because he refused to tell the group to…
5,000 Ex-Militants Rehabilitated
Nigeria has rehabilitated more than 5,000 former militants from the oil-rich Niger Delta who embraced a government amnesty last year,…
Dokpesi Arrested Over Bomb Blasts
Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Chairman of DAAR Communications who also doubles as the Director General of General Ibrahim Babangida Campaign…
9 Suspects Arrested Over Abuja Bomb Blasts
Nine people suspected to be linked to last week’s independence day bomb blasts in, Abuja, Nigeria have been arrested, an…
Sambo Visits Bomb Blast Victims In Hospital
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has described the Friday bomb blast that killed many people in Abuja as “a wicked act of…