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Rome — Italy yesterday asked its citizens working in Nigeria's oil zone to leave after two technicians were abducted, ANSA news agency reported.
Italians Lucio Moro and Luciano Passarin were abducted after gunmen stormed into the offices of the construction firm Impregilo, some 40 kilometers from from Port Harcourt.
Abuja — THE Federal Government has prepared a five count charge of terrorism against former Internal Affairs Minister, Dr Iyorchia Ayu.
In the charges signed by an attorney, Mr Abdullahi Mikailu on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Ayu is to face trial with two others.
Port Harcourt — Yet to be identified gun-men in Rivers State, yesterday, opened fire on two Lebanese workers, killing one.
The duo were driving in their company's (a construction firm) car to inspect a project at Isiokpo when they unexpectedly came under attack.
Abuja — The Federal Government has charged the former Minister for Internal Affairs and the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organization Dr. Iyorchia Ayu for terrorism.
The charge was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday and Ayu was said to have conspired with other people namely; Timi Frank and Paul Santos Ofana to commit acts of terrorism.
Vanguard (Lagos)Port Harcourt - THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said yesterday that the Lebanese hostage said to have been set free by it on Wednesday actually escaped, and threatened retaliation against the Italian-owned Eni-Agip which he works for.
Port Harcourt — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said yesterday that the Lebanese hostage said to have been set free by it on Wednesday actually escaped, and threatened retaliation against the Italian-owned Eni-Agip which he works for.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Militants in the Niger Delta appear divided over the latest threat of attack on oil workers especially expatriates in the region codenamed "Operation Black Cobra" as the Joint Revolutionary Council, the clearing house of militants has dissociated itself from the plan.
Port Harcourt — Militants in the Niger Delta appear divided over the latest threat of attack on oil workers especially expatriates in the region codenamed "Operation Black Cobra" as the Joint Revolutionary Council, the clearing house of militants has dissociated itself from the plan.
Vanguard (Lagos)Lagos - MINISTER of State for Defence, Architect Mike Onolememen, spoke to a select group of journalists, last weekend, at Uromi in Edo State shortly after he was honoured by his people on his new appointment. Regional Editor, South-South, Emma Amaize, was one of his guests at the occasion and at the end of the day, he settled down with the newshounds for an interactive session. As expected, the journalists dwelled extensively on the Niger-Delta agitation. Despite the unclear signals to that effect at the time of the interview, Onolememen was insistent that the 24 Filipinos would be released in a couple of days, saying that the Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, was on top of the situation. And true to his prediction, the hostages were released, three days after.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - IJAW national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, lashed out, weekend, at Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, over a report credited to him (Ibori) to the effect that the view of the Federal Government on the case against the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Front (NDPVF), Alhaji M. Asari-Dokubo, was judicial and not political, saying that the governor was merely trying to put himself in the good books of President Olusegun Obasanjo.