PROMINENT leaders of the South-South geo-political zone have pledged their total support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts to develop the country. But worried by the violence in some parts of the country and other problems, elders and leaders of the area said the meeting was necessary to find solutions to them just as they cautioned […]
Aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta are preparing for a show- down with the Federal Government over its decision to commence the third phase of the amnesty programme. The coordinator of the programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku had recently declared that those nursing the hope of a third phase of the amnesty programme should forget about […]
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Restore Hope has defended its continued presence in the Niger Delta region. The JTF, reacting to recent comments by a Niger Delta activist, Mr Tony Uranta that peace can only return to the region if the security outfit returns to the barracks, noted that contrary to […]
A pressure group in Edo State, the Niger Delta Women in Politics has dispelled rumours making the round in the State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that Edo State is in turmoil over ministerial nominee, saying on the contrary we commend the PDP over the ministerial nominee from Edo State; Arc Mike Onolememen, a young professional […]
Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Mr. Chibuzor Ugwuoha has debunked reports that he was arrested and detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Reacting to a newspaper publication (not Daily Sun), Mr. Ugwuoha said that at no time was he detained by the anti-corruption outfit. The NDDC […]
Militant Leader, Henry Okah, yesterday told a Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court that he would call 103 witnesses from Nigeria to testify in his defence. Okah is facing terrorism charges in relation to the Oct. 1, 2010 twin bomb blasts in Abuja. Okah is slammed with charges of delivery, placement and detonation of explosives which occurred during […]
UGHELLI — Former militants, under the aegis of Association of Phase II Amnesty Followers, yesterday, thronged the streets of Bomadi, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State in protest over alleged non-payment of their monthly allowances. The protesters numbering over 300 carried placards with inscriptions such as “Mr. President help us,” “Pay our money into our […]
WARRI — The Nigerian Navy has said that the decline of militancy in the Niger Delta region was due to the persistent effort of its men in finding lasting solution to the violence in the area. The Navy also maintained that they will continue to protect the lives and property of those who have invested […]
UGHELLI— MANAGING Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha, has stressed the readiness of the commission to build capacity in the Niger Delta region. Ugwoha, who stated this during the second phase of the capacity building workshop for Delta State Secondary Schools ICT and Core subject Teachers […]
A South African court yesterday set a tentative trial date in January next year for Henry Okah, the accused mastermind of Nigeria’s deadly Independence Day bomb blasts. Okah, a Nigerian national with permanent residence in South Africa, has been in custody since he was arrested at his Johannesburg home on October 2, 2010, the day […]
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