Tag: Niger Delta Militants
Niger Delta militants vow to cripple oil installations
A coalition of militant groups from the nine states of the Niger Delta led by the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters…
Niger Delta militants threaten bombing Lagos, Abuja [Video]
Niger-Delta militants are threatening to attack Lagos and Abuja, some four years after they ceased fire.
5 killed in Rivers’ bloody shootout
Niger Delta militants attacked Joint Task Force (JTF) troops deployed to Rivers State on Wednesday morning, leaving five dead.
Militants tell Northerners: Get out of Niger Delta before October 1 or…
Niger Delta militants have issued an October 1 ultimatum for northerners to leave their region, in response to the quit…
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Police foil attempt by Niger Delta militants to blow up Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge
One Abiodun Amos, suspected to be leading a group of militants planning to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos,…
Militants bomb PPMC pipeline in Warri
Niger Delta militants on Tuesday bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the southern port city of Warri, the second attack…
Group urges militants to stop bombing oil installations
The Network of Grassroots Elite for Capacity Development (NGECP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has urged Niger Delta militants to stop…
I’ll deal with Niger Delta militants as I dealt with Boko Haram – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal with Niger Delta militants responsible for the destruction of the country’s petroleum infrastructure…
Army chief confirms killing of Niger Delta militants
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has confirmed the killing of suspected militants and recovery of a large…
Troops kill 5 militants, arrest 23 others – Army spokesman
Military authorities on Saturday said troops of the 133 Special Forces of the Nigerian Army killed five militants and arrested…
Fire-for-Fire: OPC members battle Niger Delta militants
Armed members of the Oodua Peoples Congress have engaged suspected Niger Delta militants, who have been terrorising riverside communities, in…
FG, militants dialogue useless without Ijaw leaders – Clark
The Ijaw national leader Chief Edwin Clark said on Saturday that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in…
We are talking to Niger Delta militants – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said that his administration is talking to Niger Delta militants through oil companies and…
Niger Delta militants strike again, destroy Shell pipeline
Suspected Niger Delta militants have struck again. Today, they blew up a crude oil trunkline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development…
Buhari gives Niger Delta militants two weeks for dialogue
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military to stop attacking Niger Delta militants who have been destroying pipelines and other…
Niger Delta militants kill 6 in attack of NNPC boat
Niger Delta militants have attacked a boat belonging to NNPC in the Warri area of Delta state, killing at least…
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Militants bomb Agip crude pipeline in Bayelsa
In the latest attack on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, Niger Delta militants have bombed a crude oil pipeline Bayelsa state operated…
Militants threaten to attack Chevron workers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt: Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group responsible for the recent destruction of pipeline and oil facilities in…
Militants hurt Nigeria as oil output crumbles
A series of attacks on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure has pushed its output of crude close to a 22-year low, putting…
News Analysis: Time to smash Tompolo and gang
Bayo Onanuga The oil bandit who calls himself Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, should by now have realized that the game…
Ex-Niger Delta Militants To Donate N30m Boko Haram Victims
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Niger Delta militants undergoing the amnesty programme have signified their intention to donate N30 million for the…
APC warns of anarchy in Rivers State
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned of the impending anarchy in Rivers State that may have far-reaching consequences beyond…
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…
Jonathan sued over amnesty deal for Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As President Goodluck Jonathan battles to repair the ship of the Presidential Committee set up to…
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…
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…
Ex-Militants sue Jonathan over N63.2b amnesty programme
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The planned inclusion of victims of oil pollution as beneficiaries of the N63.281 billion approved by…
Boko Haram: A Proverbial View
By Isaac Asabor There is an African proverb that says “God created every child with the ability to cry but…
JONATHAN’S BUDGET SHOCKER: Ex-Militants Get More Money Than Health Sector
The National Assembly yesterday passed the 2012 Appropriation Act of N4,877,209,156,933 with a startling revelation that President Goodluck Jonathan allocated…