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MEND is dead –Asari Dokubo

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Says Amnesty is a fraud From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja The leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has reacted to the planned attack of mosques by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), describing the group as fake. Asari-Dokubo said MEND only exists on the internet and pages […]

MEND threatens to kill Muslim clerics, bomb mosques from May 31

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger Delta Monday, April 15th, 2013

By Emma Amaize & SAMUEL OYADONGHA WARRI—FEAR of a religious war loomed, weekend, in Nigeria, following the threat by Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, to commence the assassination of Muslim clerics, bombing of mosques, hajj camps and Islamic institutions as from May 31. The exercise, codenamed, Operation Barborossa, according to spokesman […]

Boko Haram amnesty can’t be funded with N/Delta resources – Ekiyor

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN — FORMER President of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has said that any plan by the Federal Government to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram sect will be a fraud, warning that the people of the Niger Delta will resist any attempt to use resources from the region […]

MEND claims responsibility for killing of policemen

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Nigerian Police Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday claimed that its fighters killed the 12 policemen whose boat was ambushed in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, on Saturday and that the deaths were to teach the security forces a lesson for scorning its warning. The militant group had last week announced that it […]

Developing the Niger Delta areas is in Nigeria’s best interest – Orubebe’s

Posted by admin Headlines, newnigerianpolitics.com, Niger Delta Thursday, April 4th, 2013

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, in this interview with newsmen in Abuja, argues that the peace and development of the rest of Nigeria are dependent on the development of the region. JOHN ALECHENU was there. Excerpts: There are agitations from the north that the Niger Delta is getting too much of […]

NDDC streamlines contracts to end abandonment of projects

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, March 31st, 2013

BY LEKAN BILESANMI The Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has streamlined the complex contract system in the commission which “in the past had spawned several ‘toxic projects’ – projects that were awarded without budgetary provisions.” “And considering the plight of innocent contractors choked with these toxic projects, the Board has passed resolutions […]

Ex-militants blow up crude oil pipeline in Delta

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

By Emma Amaize WARRI- EX-MILITANTS, in the early hours of Tuesday, bombed a crude oil pipeline, belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, located between Evwreni Edjekota and Ewu in Ughelli North Local Government Area. A source told Vanguard, “Those who carried out the explosion are the same group that exploded a gas pipeline […]

39,880 militants’ firearms, ammunition handed over to Nigerian Army

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, March 17th, 2013

ENUGU—The 39,880 assorted firearms and ammunition recovered from former militants in the Niger Delta by the inter-agency taskforce set up by the Federal Government have been handed over to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. A breakdown of the arms handed over on Saturday at the 82 Division’s parade ground included the following: 482 […]

Amnesty for Boko Haram: N-Delta royal fathers blast Sultan

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Emma Amaize, Regional Editor,South South WARRI- THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar III, came under fire, Thursday, from two of his colleague- royal fathers in Niger-Delta over his call on President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, to grant “total amnesty” to members of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, for peace to reign in the country. Former […]

Ex militants on the rampage in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

NO fewer than 10 vehicles had their windscreens smashed and one car razed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, as over 400 ex-militants of the “Third Phase Amnesty” protested over a controversy on the proposed slots to be allocated to them. The former militants also looted shops on Otiotio road and Mbiama-Yenagoa road at Yenezuegene […]