IN this interview with Jimitota Onoyume, President Ijaw National Congress, Professor Kimse Okoko looks at the allegation by the Arewa Consultative Forum that leaders from the region are behind the problems of militancy in the Niger Delta. He also bares

BESIDES provision of infrastructural development in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government has been told that to end crisis in the region oil bearing communities should be involved in the oil business in their areas.

Umuahia-Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State yesterday threathened to despatch soldiers to Abririba community where intra-communal crisis has been raging for weeks.

The Mayor of Beled Weyne (the provincial town of Hiiraan Region), Adan Abdi Ise (Garaso), has accused the Islamic Courts Union of causing troubles and displacing people in the town.

After a drastic change of diet for the displaced foreigners being accommodated at the Chrysalis Academy in Tokai, tensions remain high, with staff being accused of barring legal representatives from the property and of stealing donated items.

A check against INTERPOL's wanted persons databases by German border police at Frankfurt airport resulted in the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on Monday lamented that the country has so far this year lost about 30 per cent of its oil revenue due to the continued crisis in the Niger Delta

Former Ivorian President Felix Houphoeut Boigny and Burkina Faso President Blaise Campaore were fully responsible for sponsoring the carnage in Liberia, former United States assistant secretary of state for African Affairs Herman Cohen said.

Somali government Wednesday denied Alshabab group's remarks on being behind the killing of the Somalia chief of United Nations development agency this week and accused Alshabab islamists of carrying it out.

THE Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, yesterday, deployed soldiers to Jakpa in Uvwie local government area of Delta State following the burning of houses, wanton looting and rape by restive youths.

The European Commission welcomes today's final and formal decision by the ECOFIN Council allowing Slovakia to adopt the euro as from 1 January 2009. On a proposal by the Commission, the Council also decided that the Slovak koruna will be

Laos has been making steady progress in its talks on joining the WTO, including reaching agreement with the EU on opening its market to goods, the working party of WTO members negotiating with Laos heard in their fourth meeting, on

The Department for International Development (DFID) today committed £20 million to the humanitarian crisis in drought-stricken Ethiopia, doubling the £10 million already pledged by the International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, in June.

A £60million 'rescue' package to tackle the capital's empty homes problem was announced today by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to help deliver his manifesto commitment to reduce long-term empty homes to 1% of London's total housing stock.

As the leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) countries gathered in Hokkaido, Japan, today for their summit meeting, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call for urgent action to tackle three key challenges the world is currently grappling

The European Commission today proposed to establish a European Union-wide scheme to provide free fruit and vegetables to school children. European funds worth €90 million every year would pay for the purchase and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables to

The post of the Chief of the ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section is presently open for recruitment at the Information Society Division of UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector.

Continuing to make London's case for additional government funding and forging closer relationships between the boroughs and the Mayor of London are among the top priorities for Councillor Merrick Cockell in his third year as Chairman of London Councils.Cllr Cockell,