Warri, Nigeria News

By Emma Arubi WARRI- TRAGEDY struck, yesterday, in Ajamimogha area of Warri, Delta State, when a truck conveying empty bottles dragged a set of high tension Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cables across the highway, breaking an electric pole in the process, which fell on a tricycle rider, killing him on the spot.

SINCE November 29, 2011, when he fled A his kingdom, Uzere, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, after his palace was razed by A irate mob, A His Royal Majesty, Isaac Udogri I, the Ovie of Uzere,A has not stepped his feet into the kingdom.

Ani Amatosero is a young upcoming actress and the owner of Effixzzy magazine. Effixzzy magazine has showcased celebrities both in the entertainment industry and other sectors in Nigeria and the States.

Chief Favour Izuokumor's wife, who was kidnapped last Sunday while returning from a church service on Airport Road, Effurun, Delta State, has been released.

THERE are some serious security concerns in the Niger Delta axis of Nigeria, ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election, later this February.

A relieved family will be waiting in Bowdon this morning to welcome home the man who was kidnapped Jan.

He watched in horror as the two men in the front seat were shot seven times. The gunmen abducted Ock.

Two men came out of nowhere as Greg Ock's car idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town.

A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has returned to Georgia after being held captive for a week.

A relieved family will be waiting in Bowdon this morning to welcome home the man who was kidnapped Jan.

A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.

ITSEKIRIA oil-producing communities in Delta State, under the auspices of Host Communities of Oil and Gas Production of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, have dragged the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, before a Delta State High Court in Warri, for allegedly diverting N600 million meant for the development of the oil-devastated ... (more)

OPERATIVES of the Marine Police unit of the Nigeria Police in Warri, Delta State, Wednesday, nabbed three suspected notorious sea pirates dressed in ArmyA camouflage, operating on the Warri/Burutu waterways.

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA-The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engr.

Effurun By Emma Amaize WARRI-SECURITY has been beefed up in the twin cities of Warri, Effurun and environs in Delta State, following the recent escapades of kidnappers, who, weekend, shot dead a mobile policeman and kidnapped a Sapele-based American expatriate.

Assailants kidnapped a U.S. citizen leaving a bank in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta Friday, the first such attack targeting foreigners in the restive region for several months.

Delta state police spokesman Charles Muka says the kidnapping happened Friday morning outside of a bank in Warri, the state capital.

Gunmen kidnapped an American working for Marubeni Corp in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region on Friday, killing his driver and demanding a 50 million naira ransom, police and a security source said.

Muslim women attend a rally at Gani Fawehinmi freedom square on the fifth day of a protest against a fuel subsidies removal, in Lagos January 13, 2012.

By Emma Arubi WARRI-AS pro-fuel subsidy removal group staged a peaceful protest in Warri in support of President Goodluck Jonathan weekend, a Warri based legal practitioner and constitutional lawyer, Dr.