Tag: amnesty programme
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…