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Fear grips ex-militant leaders as Ebi is killed

Posted by admin Niger Delta Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Panic has gripped ex-militant leaders in Bayelsa State over the assassination of one of them, Ebi Albert from Odioma in Brass Local Government Area of the state. Recently, General Pastor Reuben had raised the alarm over the security challenges being faced by the ex-militant leaders, considering the way some of them were murdered by gunmen. He […]

How Jonathan saved amnesty programme–Onyema, trainning coordinator

Posted by admin Niger Delta Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Allen Onyema is the coordinator, Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN), which brought the faculty currently handling the re-integration training programme for the ex-militants in the Niger Delta in Obubra, Cross River State. He spoke with Daily Sun. Excerpts: Rehabilitation programmes for ex-militants For sometime now, the Presidential Amnesty Committee shut down the Obubra […]

John Togo died of bullet wounds– NDLF

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Fighters of the Niger Delta Liberation Front (NDLF) have confirmed that their leader, General John Togo is dead. They said Togo finally died on Saturday June 4 after all efforts to extract bullets lodged in his body during the raid on his camp by the Joint Military Task Force failed. Togo’s death has been a […]

The problem with the Niger Delta – By Babatunde Rafiu

Posted by admin Babatunde Rafiu, Columnists, Niger Delta, NNP Columnists Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

By Babatunde Rafiu, NNP – June 2, 2011 – It is easy, convenient and fashionable to blame the Federal government for the underdevelopment in the Niger Delta region. This is the position of the editors of www.xclusivenigeria.com, Nigeria’s internet newspaper. Indeed, this tendency is the recourse of Niger Delta politicians and so-called activists when they […]

Ex militant leaders threaten to disrupt inauguration

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Friday, May 27th, 2011

Yenagoa – Ex militant leaders in the Niger Delta Thursday threatened to storm Abuja in protest over what they described as the inability of the Federal Government to guarantee their safety alleging that four of their members had been brutally killed in the last one year after embracing the amnesty programme. The former creek warlords […]

Dokubo, Togo Want Amnesty

Posted by admin General Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta Monday, May 23rd, 2011

THE sudden change of heart by some previously reluctant former Niger-Delta militant leaders to accept the now expired 2009-amnesty offer of the Federal Government has thrown up a knotty situation. While the seemingly repentant militia leaders think the pardon is automatic if they had renounced violence and dropped their arms; the Special Adviser (SA) to […]

I’m not hiding John Togo –Gov Sylva

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Governor Timipre Sylva has denied hiding the leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), John Togo, in Bayelsa State Government House. Sylva was reacting, through a statement ‘Sylva not hiding John Togo’ signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, to claims by the Camp Administrator of Obubra Amnesty Camp, Mr. Ekpein Appah […]

Niger Delta celebrates Okara at 90

Posted by admin Niger Delta Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described Africa’s renowned poet and literary icon, Dr. Gabriel Okara, as a blessing to the Niger Delta in particular and the Nigerian nation in general. In a congratulatory message to mark the 90th birthday anniversary of the poet by Mr Joseph Evah on behalf of the group, he said […]

FG approves N23bn for 10 projects in N-Delta

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

THE weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting Wednesday approved N23 billion for 10 various infrastructural projects in the nine states of the Niger Delta. Minister of Information and Communication, Mr Labaran Maku and the Minister of National Planning, Samshudeen Usman, while briefing State House correspondents said the FEC, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, after […]

John Togo surrenders – Orders fighters to vacate camp

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

The General John Togo-led Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF) has finally bowed to the superior fire power of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) as its members have decided to surrender and abandon their camps in the Niger Delta region. The JTF, in the midst of apprehension over its ongoing military operation to capture Togo, […]