Tag: Emancipation Of The Niger Delta
Safety Vision Set To Tackle Nigeria’s Security Challenges
That the Federal Government of Nigeria could jettison the age-long tradition of holding the Independent Day Anniversary celebration at the…
Judge Aborts Secret Trial Of Charles Okah, Others
A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Abuja this morning aborted a planned secret trial of Mr. Charles Okah and six…
MEND Issues Bomb Threat To Jonathan’s Campaign
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has issued a fresh threat to bomb any campaign gathering…
Brother of Nigeria militant Henry Okah Arrested
Charles Okah, the brother of Nigerian militant Henry Okah, has been arrested in Lagos on suspicion of aiding two deadly…
ACN to FG: Another Bomb Blast In Abuja Will Have Far-Reaching Implications
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has advised the federal government to ensure that everything humanly possible is done to…
Beating The Drums Of War
While we should be mourning the deceased victims of the Independence day bomb blasts close to Eagle Square in the…
Dokpesi Is Being Punished for Supporting Zoning -IBB Campaign Organisation
IBB 2011 Campaign Organisation has alleged that Chief Raymond Dokpesi, its director general who was briefly detained by the State…
IBB, Atiku, Gusau, Saraki Accused Jonathan of Intimidation; Ask For Investigation of Henry Okah Claims on Bomb Blasts
The presidential campaign organizations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, General Aliyu Gusau and Governor Abubakar Bukola Saraki have…
MEND Leader, Okah Tackles Jonathan Over Bomb Blasts
The former leader of Nigeria’s armed group has said he was arrested because he refused to tell the group to…
A Nation On Tenterhooks
It is very clear now that Nigeria is facing serious security problems. Events that have happened in recent times, especially…
9 Suspects Arrested Over Abuja Bomb Blasts
Nine people suspected to be linked to last week’s independence day bomb blasts in, Abuja, Nigeria have been arrested, an…
MEND Not Responsible For Bomb Blasts -Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has absolved the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND of complicity in the bomb blasts…
MEND Confirms Location Of Kidnapped French Nationals
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said they have located the three abducted…
Nigeria Arrests Suspected Killers Of Ex-militant
Police in the southwestern Nigerian state of Ondo have arrested the suspected killers of an ex-militant, whose murder has sparked…
Ex-MEND Commander’s Corpse Still Missing —Brother
Four days after he was murdered in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the corpse of Soboma George, Commander of…
Slain MEND Commander’s Boys Threaten To Hit Back
There are fears that the supporters of the slain ex-commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta,…
Militants: We’ll Start Oil War Soon
A faction of Nigeria’s main militant group in the Niger Delta on Tuesday complained of poor reward after its surrender,…
4 Soldiers Feared Dead As MEND Clash With JTF
The fragile peace in the Niger Delta region, South-South Nigeria, has been threatened as the miltant group fighting for resource…