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Ossy Ibori, suspected leader of the militant group terrorizing Ishawo and neighbouring creeks has been killed. Ibori was gunned down around 3am, at Ajakpa in Ondo State, when he led his gang in an attack of military men deployed to safeguard the area. Other members of his gang escaped...

There was little drama, Wednesday, at a function in Delta state when suddenly, some heavily armed militants, suspected to be members of Niger Delta Avengers, came face-to-face with some Nigerian military personnel, asking them to pass over their request to the Governor. The militants thereafter...

Henry Okah, brother of jailed leader of the Movement For The Emancipation of Niger Delta Charles Okah has escaped from Kuje Prison in Abuja. A prison inmate told Saharareporters that Okah, who had been on trial in Abuja for the 2010 Independence Day bombing that killed 27 people, escaped last...

President Muhammadu Buhari during the breaking of fast with All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday urged Niger Delta militants to soft pedal on the bombing and destruction of oil and gas installations. According to TheNation, The President also...

A new militant group known as Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (ADFND) has emerged in the South-South with disturbing threats. The group in a statement by its leader, Commander Olomubini Kakarakokoro, a.k.a No Mercy, said that, “Except our demand for Niger Delta Republic is granted, without...

Nineteen thermal plants in Nigeria have been shut down after militants knocked out the Forcados export pipeline last February, and the Escravos- Lagos link early May, leaving the country to depend on only four gas-powered generators. This, according to Bloomberg yesterday, signalled a looming...

Not fewer than four persons were feared dead on Tuesday in Bori, headquaters of Gokhana local government area as soldiers allegedly engaged loyalists of an ex militant leader, Mr Solomon Ndigbara, aka Osama Bin Ladin in a shoot out. Related: Heavy Shooting Between Nigeria Soldiers and ex...