Tag: Niger Delta Militants
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…