Tag: MEND
IYC opens up on renewal of Tompolo’s pipeline surveillance contract
The Federal Government had renewed a multi-million dollar pipeline surveillance contract to a former militant leader and Commander of the…
Henry Okah argues case in SA court, says wrongly convicted
Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), who was convicted by a South…
MEND names 7-member team to dialogue with FG
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday, announced a seven-member team, led by Mr Odein…
MEND not meeting to resume hostilities, says Tompolo
Eromosele Ebhomele Against fears that some former militants in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria could begin hostilities using the Movement…
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…
MEND congratulates Buhari, commends Jonathan
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to president…
Leave Tompolo Alone
By Ben Nanaghan The name Government Ekpemupolo does not really ring a loud bell but when you say ‘Tompo” millions…
Jonathan a clueless, bare-face liar, says MEND
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to name the “persons” he…
MEND attempted to assassinate me, says Jonathan
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that the leader of a home-grown militant group currently serving time in South Africa…
MEND endorsement of Buhari angers presidency
The Presidency has dismissed the alleged endorsement of General Muhammadu Buhari, the APC candidate in the Feb. 14 presidential election…
MEND threatens bomb attacks against Lagos probate judges
Henry Ojelu The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to launch a serial co-ordinated attacks…
We Know Kidnappers Of Oronto Douglas’ Sister —MEND
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has revealed that it has established contact with the kidnappers…
What Is Wrong With The Ijaw Ethnic Group?
By Sabella Abidde Several decades before what eventually came to be known as Nigeria emerged in 1914, the Niger Delta…
Fashioning A Workable & Realistic Constitution For Nigeria
By Ambassador Adegboyega Ariyo Commendable efforts have been made to restore the country to the path of sustainable development, where unity…
Muslim Women Cry Out Over MEND’s Threat
Muslim women have cried out to Nigeria’s Federal Government to put security measures in place to protect the lives of…
Asari Dokubo warns MEND against religious war
Mujahid Dokubo Asari, the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) has cautioned the Movement for the Emancipation…
MEND targets mosques, claims attack on Shell
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta,MEND has threatened to launch reprisal attacks against Islamic institutions…
Gaps in MEND’s claim of killing 15 cops in Bayelsa
A statement on Sunday purporting to be from the main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing region, MEND, claimed an attack…
Nigerian police still searching for 12 missing cops
Police authorities in Nigeria are yet find 12 of their men declared missing after their patrol boat was attacked by…
MEND Threat: NBA, Others Want Security Beefed Up
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI), on Thursday urged the…
MEND faction denies planned attacks over Okah
A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, purportedly headed by Henry Okah now in jail in…
MEND Threatens Mayhem Over Sentencing Of Okah
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has rejected the 24-year jail term passed Tuesday on Henry…
Breaking News: Okah, MEND leader jailed 24 years
Henry Okah, leader of Nigeria’s militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, was jailed Tuesday by South…
Convicted MEND leader, Okah sacks lawyers
A South African court on Thursday was forced to delay the sentencing of Nigerian national Henry Okah, convicted of 13…
2015 to decide Nigeria’s unity, says MEND
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), which is currently agitating for the release of Henry…
Henry Okah: Should Nigeria take MEND’s threat seriously?
On 23 January, a spokesman of the Movement of the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, issued a threat letter, not…
Henry Okah convicted of terrorism charge
A South African court on Monday convicted Nigerian Henry Okah of 13 terrorism charges, including bombings that killed 12 people…
Nigeria: War in The North, War In The South!
Bayo Onanuga Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the man who declared Biafran secession in 1967 and triggered Nigeria’s first civil war was…
Niger Delta militants threaten more oil attacks
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) has threatened to carry out more attacks on…
Amnesty In Jeopardy
At the weekend, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, announced through the internet that its fighters…