Tag: amnesty programme
N800m amnesty fraud: Court rejects ECOBANK’S motion against FG
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered Isaac Oguche, counsel that appeared for the commercial bank, to put the respondents…
Amnesty Programme: Buhari Renews Dikio’s Appointment as Interim Administrator
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of appointment of Colonel MD Dikio (Rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential…
Amnesty programme: Ex-agitators send message to Dikio
By Emmanuel Afonne A coalition of ex-agitators has advised Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), Interim Administrator of Amnesty Programme coordinator to…
Breaking: Buhari appoints Col. Dikio, sacks Dokubo as coordinator Amnesty Programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Amnesty…
Buhari suspends Dokubo Amnesty Programme Co-ordinator
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo as the co-ordinator of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme for Niger…
Presidential Amnesty Programme trains 137 persons
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is set to graduate no fewer than 137 persons trained in different vocational skills, its…
Amnesty programme: Akeredolu insists on inclusion of Ondo ex-militants
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday reiterated his commitment to ensuring that former militants in Ilaje and Ese-Odo…
Amnesty Programme not owing graduands under scholarship – Aide
Lanre Babalola The Special Assistant (Media) to Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Mr…
Akwa Ibom ex-militants, cultists embrace amnesty programme
Former militants, cultists and kidnappers, numbering about 420, from Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom on…
Amnesty programme has trained many ex-agitators in seafaring – Boroh
The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) said that the PAP has trained many ex-agitators and…
Amnesty programme: Militants accuse politicians of programme hijack
A militant group in Ondo State, United Sea Wolf Avenger, said politicians in the state have hijacked the Federal Government’s…
Buhari approves N35 billion for Amnesty Programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional N35 billion for the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme to enable it fulfill its…
Ex-militants want FG to pay 3 months outstanding stipends
The former Niger Delta militants, under the Amnesty Programme have appealed to the Federal Government to pay their three months…
Rivers defends amnesty programme for cultists, criminals
The Rivers Government says it has no regrets initiating the ongoing amnesty programme for repentant cultists and criminals in the…
INC wants amnesty programme extended
A socio-political movement, Ijaw National Congress (INC) on Sunday denied media reports that jobless Ijaw/Ilaje ex-militants as well as militia…
FG to end Amnesty Programme, says Boroh
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd), the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and Presidential Amnesty…
Benue Amnesty Programme a huge success – SSG
The Secretary to the Benue Government, Mr Targema Takema, on Saturday described the amnesty programme introduced by the administration to…
Ex-IYC leader to Buhari: Don’t scrap amnesty programme
Dr Chris Ekiyor, former President, Ijaw Youth Council, has appealed to the Federal Government not to scrap the amnesty programme…
Boroh will facilitate payment of ex-militants’ fees – Ijaw leader
An Ijaw leader, Regent Youmor, on Monday said the appointment of retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh would facilitate the payment of…
Ex-militants’ Leader Cautions Amnesty Programme Coordinator
An ex-militants’ leader, Mr Ramsey Mukoro, has advised the newly appointed coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to be wary…
Buhari should intervene urgently on Amnesty programme – MEND
Members of defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Sunday in Yenagoa, urged President Muhammadu Buhari…
Amnesty: Ex-militant begs Buhari to continue programme
Ramsey Oyakemeagbegha, an ex-militant leader, has pleaded with the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the Amnesty…
Ex-militants protest exclusion from amnesty programme
Some former militants in Edo and Delta, who were not captured in the third phase of the amnesty by the…
Niger Delta ex-militants to gulp N63b in new budget
Nigeria’s Federal Government will spend N63.28 billion on Niger Delta former militants in 2014, figures in the new budget reveal.…
Six more ex-militants call for Kuku’s Sack
Simon Ateba/Lagos Six more ex-militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have called for the sack of Kingsley Kuku, head of the…
Oil theft, signs amnesty not working, says PENGASSAN
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN has described recent claims by the Special Adviser to…
Boko Haram terrorism: Northern Elders insist on amnesty
Nigeria’s Northern Elders’ Forum has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to consider amnesty for insurgent groups in the Northern region,…
General Abubakar backs amnesty for Boko Haram
Nigeria’s former Military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar has joined other Nigerians to seek amnesty for members of the Islamic…
Niger Delta ex-militants riot in Bayelsa
OKAFOR OFIEBOR/PORT HARCOURT Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was thrown into pandemonium today as residents ran for cover when about…