niger delta

A group of ex-militants under the aegis of Former Forest Soldiers, FFS, aka Isaac Boro Last Born, yesterday, denied claims by security agencies that it belongs to Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. The group in a new message asked the Federal Government not to associate or treat it as Avengers. The...

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has stated that the time is ripe to negotiate the unity of the country. Chief Solomon Ordu Chukwu, a National leader of MASSOB, who spoke through the group’s National Director of information, Sunday Okereafor...

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned that Nigeria will disintegrate if President Muhammadu Buhari uses military might to tackle the Niger Delta insurgency. Fani-Kayode said this in a post he shared on his Facebook wall on Saturday. He wrote, “On 29th July 2016, CNN...

If you watch Nigerian news daily, then you must have heard of the Niger delta. While many Nigerians have heard so much about region very few possess factual knowledge on the Niger Delta. Here are 15 things Nigerians Should know about the Niger Delta : The Niger Delta is one of the geographic...

Resurgent militant group, Niger Delta Avengers has dismissed insinuation that that it is a terrorist group, stressing that it is only fighting for the betterment of the oil rich region. Speaking with a BBC reporter, Avengers explained that the motive behind their persistent attacks were not for...

The Nigerian Army would deploy full military action in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, if dialogue with the notorious militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers fails. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt -Gen Tukur Buratai, yesterday, said this in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He spoke...

Former Niger-Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo has slammed the Nigerian Government over the raid in Oporoza community in the Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta State. In an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, which he personally signed and said...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that it recorded 1,447 incidences of pipeline vandalism across the country resulting in the loss of millions of litres of products worth billions of naira in 2016 alone. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru...

A Niger Delta group, the Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) yesterday afternoon, seized a ship with Liberian flag along Bakassi Peninsula of Nigerian waterways. Daily Sun gathered that the vessel was heading to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), Bonny, Rivers State before it was...

The debate on whether President Muhammadu Buhari should open negotiations with the Niger Delta militants have been on for a while. While some, mostly southerners, embrace the development, the northerners do not consider it needful. In reality, the government needs to weigh its options carefully...

To facilitate the development in the Niger Delta region, South-South and South East, lawmakers have urged the federal government to review the ownership structure of oil wells in the country. The lawmakers made the call following the region’s first parliamentary session of State Houses of...

Niger Delta elites are behind the ongoing crisis in the Niger Delta, Mr. Usani Usani Uguru, minister for Niger Delta has alleged. “The crisis is traceable to the elite from the region and other sections of the country," he said in a recent interview with newsmen. “They are doing that for...

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...

A militant group based in Bayelsa State, the Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, on Wednesday declared a two-week ceasefire to allow the Federal Government engage in meaningful negotiation with militants on how to resolve the crises in the Niger Delta region. In a statement signed by...

The Toru-Ebe State Creation Movement, yesterday, said the quick fix to the ongoing bombings was for the Federal Government to create Toru-Ebe State for the Ijaw in the western flank of Niger Delta inhabiting Edo, Delta and Ondo states. In a statement issued by the Toru-Ebe State Creation...

Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, has expressed concern over the delay in payment of stipends of former militants in the Niger Delta region. Boroh’s concern was conveyed in a statement signed by Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, Bayelsa Liaison...

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has set up a committee called ‘Aaron team’ to dialogue with the federal government on the region’s development. MEND explained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, that the Niger Delta issue was on the exclusive...

The Niger Delta Red Squad, the militant group operating from the Ohaji Egbema axis of Imo State, has alerted the Imo State Government and law enforcement agencies in the state of the expiration of their two weeks cease fire, adding that, the next phase of their operation would take the state by...

A video showing an alleged leader of a Niger Delta militant simply named Ogenoghochuku, threatening to kill President Muhammadu Buhari's daughter, Zahra has been published online. In the video, the militant said, ''Buhari's family will die soon most especially that one called Zahra. That is...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received some Muslim faithfuls at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The president used the opportunity to send messages to militants in the Niger Delta region. Here are some of his points: 1. The president warned militants in the Niger Delta region...