Tag: Niger Delta
Military restates commitment to curb militancy in Niger Delta
The Joint Military Force deployed to the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe has restated its preparedness to deal with the…
MEND warns Army Chief to watch his utterances
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has warned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur…
Niger Delta Avengers bomb Chevron oil wells again
Niger Delta Avengers are far from sheathing their swords as they went on the attack over the weekend destroying oil…
Activist urges FG to make laws to salvage N/Delta
An environmental rights activist, Mr Akinbode Olufemi, has told the Federal Government to enact laws to tackle environmental degradation issues…
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Olamide, Timaya, Harry Song for peace concert in Niger Delta
For peace to reign in the Niger Delta, popular Nigerian musicians have been scheduled to participate at a concert in…
Lawmaker admonishes FG to apply wisdom in dealing with Niger Delta crisis
Rep. Leo Ogor, the Minority Leader, House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to listen to the grievances of…
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…
Niger Delta Avengers push for secession from Nigeria
The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers which has claimed a string of attacks on oil pipelines on Thursday asked for…
Niger Delta crisis, a result of Intelligence Failure – Falana
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana says the recent unrest in the Niger Delta is as a result of…
“The solution to the crisis in the Niger Delta is dialogue”- Kumuyi
Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, has advocated for dialogue to resolve the crisis in the…
NAF deploys more aircraft to Niger Delta to check militants
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, said the force had intensified deployment to the Niger Delta to…
Wike to Army Chiefs: We will help you fish out militants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that nobody will be shielded from the military operations…
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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…
Ijaw group condemns pipeline vandalism in N’Delta
The Coalition of Ijaw Youth Leaders (COIL) on Friday, condemned pipeline vandalism and other criminal activities in Niger Delta. The…
Buhari assures oil companies of protection in Niger Delta
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Federal Government is…
UK foreign minister asks Buhari govt address Niger Delta issues
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address grievances in the Delta region where militants have been blowing up oil pipelines…
Navy moves against militants in Niger Delta
The Central Naval Command (CNC) of the Nigerian Navy on Thursday reiterated its resolve to deal with the resurgence of…
Niger Delta militants kill 3 soldiers
The Joint Military Force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta on Tuesday confirmed that three soldiers were…
Niger Delta militants attack Chevron facility
Militants attacked a Chevron platform in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region late on Wednesday, the United States energy company said…
Oil Spillage: FG slams N1.3trillion suit on Shell, four others
Akin Kuponiyi President Muhammadu Buhari, has authorised that, the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney General of…
SETRACO pulls out of Niger Delta project after killings, kidnap
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, has expressed shock and…
Tompolo denies giving ultimatum to Buhari on troops withdrawal
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ex-Militant leader in the Niger Delta region, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) has denied giving President Muhammadu…
Buhari promises to secure Niger Delta, rebuild North East
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that the Federal Government has begun mobilizing the military and task forces to…
N/Delta: Chevron, IITA partner to train 40 youths in agriculture
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, had concluded arrangement to train 40 youths from the…
Partnership with EFCC essential to curb oil theft – Army
Brig Gen S. O. Olabanji, Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that the Economic and…
Task Force arrests suspects over oil pipe blasts in Niger Delta
The Joint Military Task Force a.k.a. Operation Pulo Shield, protecting oil facilities in Niger Delta, says it has arrested suspected…
NDDC to train workforce on Niger Delta Master Plan
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said on Wednesday that it had concluded plans to train its staff on implementation…
Buhari will not know peace, if Niger Delta knows no peace – Tompolo
Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo as said that Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari will not know peace if the Niger…
Tompolo distances self from bombing of pipelines
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has dissociated himself from the wanton attacks on oil installations in the Warri…
Ijaw accuse Buhari of stoking conflict in Niger Delta
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Once again the Ijaw Youth Council has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of policies towards the…