By Emma Amaize & Jimitota Onoyume The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, may have been hit by a crisis, following the purported endorsement of General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the presidential election, as a former leader of the group, ‘Gen’ Reuben Wilson, has called on […]
By Ben AgandeAbuja —President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, dismissed the alleged endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, saying no person who means well for the country should be excited by the endorsement of a terrorist organisation.Buhari and […]
REACTING to the criticism of its endorsement of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the presidency in the 2015 elections, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has insisted that Buhari is the best candidate in the race. MEND, the umbrella body for militancy in the oil-rich Niger-Delta, said […]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has endorsed the candidature of the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is the right person that can rebuild the country. MEND made this known in a statement on Tuesday via an electronic mail signed by its spokesperson, Gbomo Jomo. […]
By Egufe Yafugborhi THE Warri Study Group (WSG) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to cancel a Federal Government contract awarded to Global West Vessel Service to secure Nigerian coastline, citing the contracts content and the company’s link to an ex-militant leader as threat to national security. The Warri based knowledge building group, yesterday, reacted […]
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday said the blueprint on the development of the Niger Delta was his concept, but was not well implemented by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua-led administration. Atiku said he drew the blueprint before he lost his 2007 presidential bid, but the Yar’Adua administration adopted […]
By Henry Umoru AHEAD of the formal declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan for his second term bid, a group under the aegis, the Niger Delta Youth for Jonathan, yesterday submitted a letter to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, intimating him of their readiness to storm the party’s national […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah | credits: www.nigerreporters.com The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Friday in Kaduna denied alleged plan to enlist 10,000 former Niger Delta militants and ex-service men to boost the fight against the current insurgency in the North-East. The Northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, had […]
Steve Oru The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has threatened to revoke the contracts for two of the nine skill acquisition centres in the Niger Delta over poor and delayed contract execution. The two contracts are the Skill Acquisition Centre in Otuke, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and […]
By Chioma Onuegbu UYO— MINISTER of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has said that the leaders of the Niger Delta region have always remained committed to the even development and promotion of peace in the region. Oru spoke in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where he was awarded Paul Harris Fellow emblem and […]
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