The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) yesterday alleged plans by politicians to import thugs from the Niger Delta into the state to disrupt the party’s primaries in January. Addressing members of the Ebonyi Youth Assembly in Abakaliki, the youth leader and president of the body, Comrade Chinedu Ogah, said there are […]
The root of the problem is that the Nigerian state depends not on a constitution but on a commodity: oil.’ Richard Dowden, Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles Chinua Achebe and the Nigerian crisis IT is a most apt opportunity for me to pay tribute to Professor Chinua Achebe who is easily one of the greatest […]
Soldiers and civilians were killed during an assault by Nigeria’s armed forces on militant camps in the oil-producing Niger Delta two weeks ago, the army chief said late on Tuesday, highlighting the intensity of the violence. Army chief of staff Onyeabo Ihejirika said eight soldiers and six civilians were killed during the army, navy and […]
A Canadian taken hostage at gunpoint on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria a month ago has broken his silence about his nine-day ordeal, expressing sympathy for the kidnappers even though they shot him. Robert Croke of Torbay, in eastern Newfoundland, had said he would never work in Nigeria’s oil industry after hearing […]
A group of young men numbering about 60 that claimed to be ex-militants from Bayelsa State, yesterday, attacked the Abuja headquarters of the Presidential Amnesty Office. According to the group, it was protesting their non-inclusion in the benefits of the amnesty programme, especially the N65,000 stipend and feeding allowance paid to their colleagues on a […]
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Monday night, took his bid to clinch the presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the business community in Lagos as part of his tour of the South-West geo-political zone with a promise to raise, via legislation, a coastal guard, to be dominated by ex-militants, to protect the […]
THE Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta is considering a final push to rid the Niger Delta of impenitent militants, especially the leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force, ‘General’ John Togo, The Nation has gathered. It was learnt that the task force was only awaiting a final nod from the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, […]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied that a militant leader, Tamunotonye Kuna, aka Commander Obesel, and four others allegedly escaped from prison. MEND said the militants were “secretly removed from the prison facility under the orders of President Goodluck Jonathan for possible execution”. In a statement by its spokesman, […]
As the electioneering for the 2011 elections hots up, concerned Ijaw leaders, in the Niger Delta have written President Goodluck Jonathan warning him to be wary of persons he has endorsed for 2011 in order not to jeopardize his presidential ambition. The Ijaw leaders also complained of perceived surreptitious moves to shut the ethnic nationality […]
The Federal Government has assured the Ijaw community of Ayakoromor in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, who were forcefully ejected from their traditional homes by militants of resettlement and adequate security. In pursuance of this commitment, relief materials had been delivered by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the displaced persons in the […]
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