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ECOWAS court blames FG for oil spillage in the Niger Delta

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Niger Delta Sunday, December 16th, 2012

BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN—THE ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Ibadan has blamed the Federal Government for the oil spillage which has polluted the Niger Delta. In a two hour judgment delivered weekend by Justice Benfeito Mosso Ramos, the Vice President of the ECOWAS Community court, said the lackadaisical attitude of the Federal Government actually […]

Shell will not return to Ogoniland

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Monday, December 3rd, 2012

DECEMBER 3, 2012 BY CHUKWUDI AKASIKE 2 COMMENTS THE Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has said Shell Petroleum Development Company will not return to Ogoniland for oil exploration. The Chairman of MOSOP Provisional Council, Prof. Ben Naanen, said this on Sunday while debunking claims that the oil giant was planning to begin oil […]

Senate warns of N’Delta militancy

Posted by admin Legislature, Niger Delta, Senate Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

omments Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku | credits: Senate Committee on Niger Delta on has warned of a possible resurgence of militancy in oil producing areas if ex-militants are not properly re-integrated into society at the end of their training. This is even as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, […]

Opinion: Persecuting Henry Okah

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

It is my conviction that Sabella Abidde wrote the aforementioned piece ostensibly to establish Henry Okah’s innocence of October 1, 2010 bombing incident. Where I have grievance against the Federal Government on the issue, however, is the manner President Goodluck Jonathan hurriedly defended the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, especially when it claimed […]

Ex-militants allege nonpayment of election largesse

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, October 26th, 2012

Ex-militants who claimed to be in the third phase of the Western Delta Wing of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme on Friday alleged that the amnesty office in Ondo State did not pay them the money they were promised for their involvement in the last governorship election in the state. They alleged that the Special […]

Ex-militants donate N52.7m to victims

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Ex-Niger Delta militants undergoing reintegration have donated N52.7m to flood victims in the region. A statement from the Head of Media and Communications of the Presidential Amnesty Office, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, as saying the money was donated by 26,358 beneficiaries of […]

Ex-militant leader rallies support for Mimiko

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Ondo, State News Saturday, October 6th, 2012

By Dayo Johnson THE leader of ex-militants in the riverine communities of Ondo State, High Chief Bibopiri Ajube, has endorsed Governor Olusegun Mimiko for second term. Ajube, popularly known as “shoot at sight”, also expressed concern over the alleged politicising of the amnesty programme in the state. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the ex-militant leader […]

Jonathan approves 3,642 ex-militants inclusion in amnesty programme

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, October 4th, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the inclusion of 3,642 ex- Niger Delta militants in the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The new figure brings the total number of ex-militants undergoing reformation under the programme to 30,000. It was learnt that the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, had forwarded a memo to […]

Jonathan Stops Pan-Ijaw Conference

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, September 28th, 2012

Worried by the possible implications of an all-Ijaw gathering, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that the All-Ijaw Stakeholders’ Summit scheduled for Saturday in Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State capital be put off indefinitely. Authoritative sources close to the organisers of the Summit told Saturday Tribune on condition of anonymity that although the president himself was billed […]

Bakassi indigenes reject Cameroun

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

BY SONI DANIEL & HUGO ODIOGOR ABUJA— Aggrieved natives of Bakassi Peninsula yesterday stormed Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory in a bid to convince the Federal Government to take necessary steps to review the International Court of Justice ruling that ceded the oil-rich area to Cameroun 10 years ago. But neither President Goodluck Jonathan nor […]