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Headlines, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Plan to declare own republic • Lament failure to make arrest over anti-Igbo ultimatum • Threaten attack on oil wells owned by northerners A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups rose from a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday ordering all northerners to quit the oil-rich region. The militants threatened to attack all […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Ijaw youths on Friday warned the National Assembly that they would resist the rejection of the executive order to oil companies to relocate their administrative head offices to the Niger Delta region. The youths, under the aegis of the Ijaw Youth Council, expressed dissatisfaction that the House of Representatives could reject a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta
Sunday, March 5th, 2017
-Punch Ovie Okpare The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has called on the Nigerian parliamentary delegation to South Africa to extend its fact-finding mission to other Nigerians being kept in solitary confinement in various South Africa prisons. MEND said secret xenophobic attacks take place in South Africa prisons. It listed its […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Sunday, March 5th, 2017
By Dennis Udoma UYO-Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their States of operation to mitigate tension in host communities. Osinbajo, gave the directive at a Town Hall meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Thursday during continuation visit to […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to explore all avenues including synergy and collaboration among stakeholders and development partners in achieving its resolve to tackle the challenges of providing social and infrastructural needs for the people of the Niger Delta Region. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, warned oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region against continuous flaring of gas estimated at over $5 billion yearly from over 257 flow stations, saying it had subjected the lives of residents in the area to serious health hazards. The Obinna Chidoka-led House […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday said the Federal Government would soon inaugurate a $10bn infrastructural rebirth investment programme in the Niger Delta. Kachikwu spoke at a press conference he addressed inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister explained that the fund would not come from […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said as part of efforts to end insurgency in the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with some stakeholders from the region on Tuesday next week. The meeting, he stated, would hold inside the Presidential Villa. Kachikwu said this in his […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family say. He was a journalist who became an adviser to three presidents. The 1995 execution of his father by a military government […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Raw Politics
Saturday, October 8th, 2016
— 9th October 2016 From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has again warned the Niger Delta militants to stop the destruction of oil installations in the region and embrace peace, saying that his administration might still resort to taking military action against them if dialogue fails. He gave the warning yesterday at the passing out […]
