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Niger, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, March 7th, 2014
There are mixed fillings within the Niger Peoples Democratic Party as Governor Babangida Aliyu and the senator representing Niger-East senatorial district, Dahiru Kuta, are locked in the battle for the party’s senatorial ticket. The two-term governor appears to be looking for new political forage since the national leadership of the PDP voiced its support […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
By Sabella Abidde For more than a decade, the Niger Delta was home to formal and informal groups like the Outlaws; the Tombia Youth Organisation; the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta; the Ijaw Youth Council; the Niger Delta Strike Force; the Niger Delta Coastal Guerillas; South-South Liberation […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa An ex-militant leader, Eris Paul ( a.k.a Ogunboss) and 20 policemen escaped death yesterday when they were attacked by armed men at Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The policemen in two gunboats were detailed by the state Commissioner of Police, Hillary Okpara, to escort the ex-militant […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
Some members of the Ogoni community in Rivers on Wednesday picketed the First Bank Area Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 1,000 protesters converged on the bank thereby disrupting transactions by other customers. Chief Simeon Monokpo, the leader of the group, said, “our protest is […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, January 20th, 2014
…MilitantsUGHELLI—NIGER Delta ex-militants in the Third Phase of the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme have passed a vote of confidence on the senator representing Delta South senatorial district, Senator James Manager, for providing adequate representation to the district in the National Assembly.The group, in a statement by its National Secretary, Tam Odogwu, after a crucial meeting […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Niger Delta militants | credits: File copy The deployment of militants to guard the country’s pipelines has been described as an indictment on the Federal Government. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, stated this in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, adding that the continued incidences of bunkering and other forms of oil […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
E. K. Clark BY SONI DANIEL, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, DAPO AKINREFON, CHARLES KUMOLU, JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU The open letter of Elderstates man and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, opened a can of worms in the polity. Eminent Nigerians who reacted to the 10-page letter expressed mixed feelings. […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
Gabriel EwepuAbuja- Following the recent appointments made by President Goodluck Jonathan of new members into the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, ex-militants in the third phase of the federal government amnesty programme had pledged their support to work with them.…MilitantsThe National Secretary, of the ex-agitators, Comr. Tam Odogwu, who spoke with Sweetcrude in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Dokubo-Asari | credits: File copy LEADER of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, who was arrested on Tuesday in Cotonou, Benin Republic has been released. Dokubo was allegedly released around 1am on Thursday after intervention by President Goodluck Jonathan. His lawyer, Festus Keyamo, confirmed his release. Meanwhile the Presidency on Thursday described […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
A Former Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, was on Tuesday arrested in Cotonou, capital of Benin Republic. It was learnt that the ex-militant was arrested at about 1.00pm by the Benin Republic’s police. A statement by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo confirmed the arrest, saying Asari-Dokubo was picked up around the Lubeleyi roundabout and taken to […]
