News Desk Sunday, September 28, 2008

As Nigerians Look Beyond 48th Independence Anniversary... ‘Our Expectations From Yar’Adua Govt’

Barely three days to the nation’s 48th Indepe-ndence Anniversary on Wednesday, October 1, Nigerians yesterday called for implementation of robust policies capable of making life better for the Nigerian people... MORE>>>

'OIL WAR': How Fresh hostilities in N-Delta were aborted

Clark had got the militants under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, which embarked on the 'oil war' because its positions were attacked in the region, to declare the ceasefire last weekend. MORE>>>

JTF Attacks: 'Please, Save Our Souls'

This is the picture the Tombia communities in Rivers State have presented in a petition to the Presidency and the National Assembly on alleged military expedition aimed at flushing out militants in the area. MORE>>>

N/Delta: Real reasons behind militants’ ceasefire

After a week of destructive activities, trailed by a host of dead oil facilities, dead and wounded militants and about 150,000 barrels per day shut-in in the nation's daily crude output, the face of militancy in the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) declared a "unilateral ceasefire" MORE>>>

Buhari’s coup, northern agenda against Ndigbo — Uwechue

Former Presidential Adviser on Conflict Resolutions in Africa, Ambassador Ralph Uwechue, has said that General Muhammadu Buhari’s coup of 1983 that toppled the Shagari administration was actually a plot by some northern elements to stop former Vice President Alex Ekwueme MORE>>>