The State Security Services (SSS), on Wednesday, paraded two suspected militants for allegedly re-establishing militant camps around Kula in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Parading the suspects in Port Harcourt alongside 11 others, who had allegedly been involved in impersonation, the Director of the service in Rivers State, Douglas Dogo, said the […]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to destroy the oil industry in protest against the appointment of Mr. Kingsley Kuku as Special Adviser, Niger Delta Affairs, by President Goodluck Jonathan. The group in a statement yesterday did not, however, give any reasons for its opposition to Kuku’s appointment. Kuku, […]
At a historic public hearing, yesterday, at The Hague, Netherlands, the country’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Bert Ronhaar, defended the operations of oil multinational, Shell, in the Niger Delta, saying the Nigerian government should be held responsible for past crises in the oil rich region. The envoy also said corruption was killing the country’s oil […]
Another batch of 212 ex-militants from the Niger Delta has been sent to Ghana for various vocational trainings under the Federal Government’s amnesty programme. The 212 ex-militants, who formed the second batch to be sent abroad for training, had also gone through non-violence transformational programme in Obubra, Cross River State. The first batch of 38 […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, fulfilled his promise to appoint a coordinator of government’s anti-terrorism efforts, in a bid to stem the rising tide of terrorist activities, including bombings, in the country. President Jonathan had pledged to appoint a coordinator for anti-terrorism activities, following bombings in Jos, Plateau State and Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, on Christmas […]
THE Federal Government, on Thursday deployed troops in all oil facilities in upland and riverine areas in the Niger Delta, following a fresh threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to resume attacks on oil installations in the region. It was learnt that heavily armed soldiers were deployed in the […]
THE Economic Community of West African West (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice in Abuja has held that it has jurisdiction to entertain a case brought by the Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government and six oil companies over alleged violation of human rights and associated oil pollution […]
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has warned the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over its plans to attack interests in the downstream petroleum sector. According to the JTF, the threatened attack which MEND said would be launched because of the continued trial of those held in connection with the Independence […]
The decision by the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to sponsor the Youth Empowerment Concert scheduled for Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Port Harcourt has generated mixed reactions amongst major stakeholders of the Niger Delta project. Coming at a very critical period, especially during the post-amnesty dispensation mid-wifed by the Federal Government, most observers […]
Mr. Timi Alaibe Former Presidential Adv-iser on Niger Delta Affairs and governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State, Mr. Timi Alaibe yesterday painted a vivid picture of how he escaped miraculously from the Friday’s attack on his country home by gunmen who killed nine persons and maimed several others. Alaibe said he was speaking with his supporters […]
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