The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NIMRC) has threatened to disrupt operations of multinational oil companies that were yet to comply with the implementation of the Local Content Act. The group handed down the warning in a statement in Warri, saying “we will continue to fight for a better deal for our local contractors and […]
By Leburah Ganago, Atlanta, Georgia, USA – Nov. 10, 2011 – “The Nigerian government recognizes that what I am saying is the truth. They would wish that this truth is not told. They would like to hoodwink the public. The people who are ruling Nigeria now are just a cabal who are not interested in […]
Cape Town – A Niger Delta ex-militant was on Wednesday offered automatic employment in South Africa after the successful completion of training in earth moving machine operation. Amos Malumi was offered employment as a crane operator having undergone a six-month training at Wal Training School, Cape Town, South Africa. Mr Michael Grant, Chief Executive, Summit […]
ALTHOUGH they were stopped by a combined team of armed mobile policemen and men of the Joint Military Task Force, some aggrieved former militants in Bayelsa State used the wedding reception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s brother to make their plight public. The demonstrators, who claimed to be the third batch that protested earlier in the […]
A break-away faction of the Third Phase ex-militants from the Niger Delta again on Monday staged a protest at the East/ West Road Yenagoa, causing traffic gridlock for hours. The ex-militants who said they were protesting non-inclusion in the post amnesty programme set ablaze a circulation van with plate number XR 264 LND belonging to […]
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to Nigerians and the international community. In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah, the Ijaw group […]
Frustrated by the failure of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to make positive impact and the persisting inactivity of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), youths of the oil-rich region have threatened to protest naked to Aso Rock Villa if the situation persisted till the end of this week. The youth, through two pressure groups, […]
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in its bid to stamp out criminality from the Niger Delta region has intensified the war against illegal oil refinery and bunkering with the arrest of 14 suspected bunkerers. The South- south governors had recently at its forum meeting in Yenagoa, agreed to tackle the problem of illegal refineries […]
By Haruna Manu Isah, Kaduna, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – Nigeria has about 160million population. This qualified it to be the 8th most populous nation in the world and surprisingly the 32nd biggest economy in the world, but today is saddened by the burden of inept leadership. When, in 2010, former U.S ambassador to […]
FURTHER details emerged at the weekend indicating that the retirement of former Acting Managing-Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, was as a result of the Federal Government’s determination to ensure a smooth transition since he was senior to the new acting Managing-Director, Mrs Osato Arenyeka. The Federal Government approved the retirement […]
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