Tag: Niger Delta
Bomb Blasts: Jonathan Fingers Terrorist Group
President Jonathan has hinted that the perpetrators of the independence day bomb blasts are members of a small terrorist group…
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…
Jonathan Begins SMS Campaign
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Nigeria began his campaign for the 2011 Presidential election with Short Message Service, SMS, campaign…
Kidnapping Allegation: Dokpesi Has No Value —Militants
Militants in the Niger Delta have denied claim by the Chairman, Daar Communications Plc, owners of Raypower and AIT, Dr.…
‘We’re Confused In Nollywood’
Nollywood actress and Chief Executive Officer of Jade Production, Clarion Chukwurah, has said that confusion reigns supreme in the movie…
I’m Ready To Die For Jonathan
The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force and stalwart of Action Congress of Nigeria, Asari Dokubo, says he is…
Nneka Tells CNN Of World Of Love And Injustice In Nigeria
It is a long journey from the Niger Delta to the concert halls of the United States, but it is …
2011: Ijaws Woo HID For Jonathan
The Ijaw National Council (INC), a socio-political group from the Niger Delta, Nigeria, has taken its campaign for President Goodluck…
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,…
N/DELTA: Proliferation Of Youth Groups Worries NDDC Boss
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha has identified the proliferation of youth groups…
Shell Laments Increase In Oil Sabotage
Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, has said acts of sabotage are increasing in southern Nigeria. The Anglo-Dutch company said it…
ExxonMobil Resumes Oil Shipments After Nigeria Spill
US oil giant ExxonMobil said Wednesday it had resumed oil deliveries from Nigeria after cleaning up a spill from an…
2nd Batch Of Repentant Militants Begin Training
The second batch of ex-militants have arrived at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Obubra, Cross River State, to begin their transformational…
Militants Rescue Kidnapped Three Hostages
The Joint Revolutionary Council claims to have successfully rescued three surveyors who were recently declared missing while undertaking survey work…
200 Ex-Militants Vow To Resume War
Aggrieved former militant leaders have threatened to return to the creeks should the Federal Government continue to exclude them from…
Uranta Raises Alarm Over Influx Of Guns
A member of the Committee set up by the Federal Government to look into the unrest in the Niger Delta…
All Set For Ex-Gov Ibori’s Extradition
All is now set for the extradition of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, wanted by the UK on…
Ex-militant Leaders Decry Kidnapping Of Journalists
Some ex-militants have condemned the kidnapping of four journalists in Abia on Sunday. Opunamah Adabafe and Awei Akoke told newsmen…
Outrage Over Nigerian Journalists Kidnapping
Senior Nigerian politicians branded a wave of abductions in the Niger Delta a national embarrassment on Tuesday amid a growing…
NNPC Is Bankrupt -Babalola
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC is bankrupt, Remi Babalola, the Minister of State for Finance told state commissioners of finance…
Shell’s New Project To Boost Electricity Supply
Shell has begun production at a major project in Nigeria that should eventually provide up to 70,000 barrels of oil…
Militants Block Abuja Highway
Ex- militants from the Niger Delta area of the country caused pandemonium in Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital city…
Jonathan Cautions Army Against Ethnic And Religious Bigotry
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today cautioned the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian army to shun all forms of ethnic…
Jonathan’s Adviser Meets Ex-militants
Mr. Timi Alaibe, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, wants ex-militants, who are currently undergoing transformational training,…
Declare Your Presidential Ambition, NGO Tells Jonathan
A pro democracy group, Youths Ask for Goodluck (YAG) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intention to…
FG To Make Nigeria More Attractive To Foreign Investors —President Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has pledged in Abuja that his Administration will implement policies and programmes that will make Nigeria…
Gov Amaechi Stops NDDC Boss Convoy For Driving Against Traffic
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chibuzor Ugwuoha, was Sunday,27June arrested and reprimanded by the…