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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Niger Delta, Presidency, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Iaw youths from across the various clans in the Niger Delta have today staged a massive protest in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State over what they described as the persecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Patience and close associates of theirs. The youths numbering several thousands carried several placards with inscriptions that condemned sponsored media […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Ahead of the re-run elections for the state ad national assembly seats in Ogoniland, five persons were Sunday morning arrested in Yeghe Ogoniland, including a strong loyalist of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. John Sorbarikor Gbarazia. Also arrested is the wife of John S. Gbarazia, Mrs Gloria Gbarazia. John Gbarazia is a member of the […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, September 17th, 2016
Punch The Nigerian Army said it had recovered 55 assorted weapons from suspected criminals in the Niger Delta. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahitu, told newsmen in Enugu on Saturday that the recoveries were made during a military exercise tagged “Operation Crocodile Smile”. He also disclosed that 23 militants […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Wole Soyinka
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Ovie Okpare, Warri The Niger Delta Avengers has refuted the claim that it nominated Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; a former Abia State governor, Mr. Orji Kalu and five others to negotiate with the federal government on behalf of the group. A statement by the spokesman of the militant group, Mudoch Agbinibo, late on Saturday […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Niger Delta, Presidency, Raw Politics
Sunday, August 28th, 2016
Victor Burubo The National Publicity Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress, Mr. Victor Burubo, tells CHUKWUDI AKASIKE that recent allegations linking former President Goodluck Jonathan with activities of Niger Delta Avengers are aimed at dragging the Otueke-born politician’s name through the mud Are you not surprised that former President Gooodluck Jonathan, who is an Ijaw man, is linked […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Gbenga Adeniji Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he did not represent any international intervention group when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on August 10. He also appealed to the Federal Government “to respond positively to the outrage of the militants of Niger Delta.” Soyinka, who said […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Traditional rulers and stakeholders from the Niger Delta coastal states on Thursday met the Federal Government and read out terms that would build confidence as well as restore peace in the region. According to them, this was followed the ceasefire pronouncement by the Niger Delta Avengers and many other militant groups in […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, said that contracts for projects worth N700 billion have been awarded across the Niger Delta region since the creation of Niger Delta Affairs Ministry seven years ago. Out of this, a total sum of N414 billion had been paid to the various contractors handling projects in the region, […]
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First Ladies, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Patience Jonathan, Presidency
Friday, August 19th, 2016
erging evidence directly links former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife and some of their associates with the bombing of oil and gas installations by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in the last several months, top government sources have told SaharaReporters. Quoting intelligence reports on the bombings, one source disclosed that they established that some of […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Navy, Niger Delta
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, this morning, confronted the Commander of Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie and Commanding Officer, NNS Delta, Commodore Joseph Dzunye, asking them to come to the creeks of the Niger Delta, rather than stay in the cities and arrest “sleeper” agents, who they brand as NDA members to curry […]
