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Yenagoa — SEVEN oil workers comprising three expatriates and four Nigerians were kidnapped by gunmen weekend at a Shell platform in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa State.
The militants reportedly engaged troops guarding the offshore oil facility in gunbattle for at least three hours before taking their victims hostage. One civilian was injured.
Leadership (Abuja)Disgraced former governor of Bayelsa State Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is picking up the pieces of what remains of his political career, with an intention to bounce back to political reckoning.
The stocky politician was recently sighted in one of the highbrow boutiques in Dubai while he was on a shopping spree.
Vanguard (Lagos)The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND says it will extend its bombing campaigns beyond the creeks of the region to other parts of the country if the Federal Government "accedes to the military's request to raid militant camps" in the Niger Delta.
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND says it will extend its bombing campaigns beyond the creeks of the region to other parts of the country if the Federal Government "accedes to the military's request to raid militant camps" in the Niger Delta.
Vanguard (Lagos)IT is difficult to know the inner workings of the lady who was born to be the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, the first woman to hold the position. She had come with so much promise. Women, generally, always interested in anything that can enhance their standing in the administration of the country, had shown solidarity.
Lagos — Ijaws and other peoples of the Niger Delta, have over the years used every opportunity and forum to expose the neglect in the zone as well as campaign for development and improvement of the living standard of the people.
This Day (Lagos)Abuja - Following the killing of seven Nigerian soldiers in Darfur, the Federal Government has asked the Chief of Defence Staff, General Andrew Azazi, to proceed to Sudan, to appraise the situation on ground and report the latest development, describing the attack as unprovoked.
Abuja — TEMPERS rose in the Senate yesterday as Senators demanded immediate explanation from the Sudanese authorities over last Saturday's attack on the African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Darfur in which 10 soldiers including seven Nigerians were killed.
Abuja — Following the killing of seven Nigerian soldiers in Darfur, the Federal Government has asked the Chief of Defence Staff, General Andrew Azazi, to proceed to Sudan, to appraise the situation on ground and report the latest development, describing the attack as unprovoked.
This Day (Lagos)Abuja - Niger Delta youths, under the aegis of Niger Delta Youths Solidarity Movement (NDYSM), have called on the Senate to drop ministerial nominee, Chief Godsday Orubebe, on the ground that "he does not and has never represented the interest of the Niger Delta."