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In a first admission to ransom payment, HRH Eze Francis Amadi, the paramount ruler of Iriebe Oro Esara, Evo Kingdom of Rivers state, whose three-year old, Samuel Amadi, was kidnapped last month, by militants has revealed he paid a ransom ... [full story]

Mike Hill, the Briton whose daughter, Margaret, was kidnapped by militants in July, is dead.Mr. Hills, who worked with Lonestar Drilling, a sub contractor to Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, was billed to travel abroad for medical attention on kidney related ... [full story]

ASABA—THE strategic approach of the Delta State Government in establishing the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has attracted unprecedented attention from the international community with a United States based fi rm, Trans Atlantic Integrated Development Corporation of New ... [full story]