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Ex-NDDC bosses to face trial over failed contracts

Posted by admin Niger Delta Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. E. E. Aguariawodo and former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Timi Alaibe are to be prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for their alleged involvement in N1.2billion contract scam The duo have been found to have awarded […]

Militants abduct vessel, crew in Bonny

Posted by admin Niger Delta Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Suspected militants have attacked and abducted a fishing trawler, ‘Golden Harvest’ with its crew members in Bonny, Rivers State. Unofficial but dependable sources put the number of crew members at about 18, some of who were wounded. The trawler was said to be on a fishing expedition on the Bonny high sea when the hoodlums […]

Nigerian Ex-militants ‘Repatriated’ After Brawl

Posted by admin Niger Delta Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Godsday Orubebe , Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Eight Nigerian ex-militants sent for a training programme in Sri Lanka have been brought back to face trial at home after they fought and destroyed property, an AFP report quoted an official as saying Saturday. “They came back home yesterday (Friday) as scheduled and they were immediately […]

N’Delta: Clamour for JTF withdrawal unthinkable – Antigha

Posted by admin Niger Delta Saturday, August 20th, 2011

CRITICS clamouring for the withdrawal of the Joint Task Force [JTF] from the Niger Delta lack deep thinking on the strategic position of the South-South to the revenue base of Nigeria, spokesman of the Force, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, has disclosed. He contended that “the mandate of the force exceeds military operations against act of […]

Ex-militants training: 6 to be repatriated from Sri Lanka

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Six ex-Niger Delta militants who had accompanied some of their colleagues on a special skills acquisition programme in Sri Lanka are billed for repatriation to Nigeria for engaging in violence, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Kingsley Kuku has disclosed. According to Kuku, five of the affected ex-militants had attempted to extort money from […]

We ‘ll monitor clean-up of Ogoni oil spills – Ihedioha

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Monday, August 15th, 2011

ABUJA— Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha has said the legislature will play an effective oversight function to monitor the restoration of the devastated environment of Ogoni land and other communities affected by oil spills in the Niger Delta. While acknowledging the submission of the report of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, on […]

UN’s NIGER DELTA REPORT: Ogoni, ERA, Mitee, reject report

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, Uncategorized Saturday, August 6th, 2011

Reactions from Nige rian groups and individuals following the release of a landmark UN report detailing oil pollution that may require the world’s biggest ever clean-up by Nigeria’s government and oil giant Shell have put the government and the oil giant under heavy pressure. While rights groups want to use the U.N. report as momentum […]

45 yrs after, Isaac Boro’s second in command opens up

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, July 24th, 2011

The name Isaac Adaka Boro certainly rings a loud bell in the minds of many Nigerians. Boro was the radical and fiery iconoclast who blazed the trail of activism and militancy in the Niger Delta by initiating the Kaiama Declaration, which was a clarion call for self-determination and resource control. As legends had it a […]

We are ready for MEND – Boko Haram

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Niger Delta, Top Stories Sunday, July 24th, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, (THEWILL) – An adherent of late Mallam Muhammad Yusuf, the slain leader of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad” also popularly called Boko Haram, Mallam Ali Teshako has challenged the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger […]

More states evacuate indigenes from Maiduguri •As MEND threatens to resume hostilities in N/Delta

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, Niger Delta, Raw Politics, State News Thursday, July 14th, 2011

FOLLOWING contined violence as a result of the war declared on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, more state governments have ordered the evacuation of their indigenes studying in the town and those on exchange programmes. The Bauchi State government, in a release signed by the Director of […]