Tag: Niger Delta
Tompolo summons MEND leaders for a regroup in Bayelsa
Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo has summoned ...
OBJ says Niger Delta will suffer for Jonathan’s actions in office
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said the Niger Delta region will suffer for the actions and in actions of the ...
Orubebe says he didn’t embezzle N605m
The former minister of Niger Delta affairs Godsday Orubebe has denied being involved in a N605 million fraud the Independent ...
ICPC ‘takes Godsday Orubebe to court for alleged N605m fraud’
Former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godsday Orubebe, has been interrogated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Ofeneces Commission ...
Ex-militants say delay in amnesty allowances ‘threatens stability’
Ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta region have alleged that the federal government hasn’t money to beneficiaries of the amnesty ...
ICPC takes Niger Delta ministry directors to court over N605m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged five directors of the Ministry of Niger Delta ...
Niger Delta leaders congratulate Sylva at 51
Niger Delta leaders have congratulated former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva on his 51st birthday. In a press statement on Monday ...
NASS allowance: MEND threatens to resume militant activities
Just like most people in the country who are frustrated and pissed with the alleged jumbo salaries of legislators, the ...
“Threaten the peace of Niger Delta and be treated like a common criminal” | Ateke Tom has a word for Asari Dokubo
by Iyobosa Omoregie Former Commander, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, Chief Ateke Tom, says the defeat of ...
Niger Delta Militants: What must be done to avoid return to militancy
by Iyobosa Omoregie Urhobo militants, under the aegis of Urhobo Gbagbako, have a couple of grudges with the outgoing government ...
National Committee of Yoruba Youths (NCYY) beg Buhari not to scrap amnesty programme
by Ranti Joseph Everyone seems not to support the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on the ground of scraping the Presidential Amnesty ...
Benakak: Jonathan Did Nothing for His People
by Iyobosa Omoregie Former Niger Delta militant leader, Ebikabowei Victor Benakak is utterly displeased with President Goodluck Jonathan. The man ...
Opinion: Now that the Niger-Delta want to secede from Nigeria
by ‘Tope Oriola A new outbreak of violence should be avoided as the weaponry of the “Generals” in the last ...
Scrapping amnesty programme would lead to crisis in Niger Delta – Jonathan warns Buhari
by James Sambo President Goodluck Jonathan has advised that the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari should not consider scrapping the ...
Niger Delta youth believe they will benefit from Buhari
by Iyobosa Omoregie Niger Delta Youth Vanguard for APC believes that people from the region will immensely benefit from the ...
Opinion: The real Oronto Douglas was a prophet of resistance
by Doifie Buokoribo Many comrades contributed to the making of the Oronto brand. I recall that Dr. Ike Okonta had ...
I am not afraid of Buhari… – Asari Dokubo fires back on Facebook
by Anike Jacobs Major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region, Asari Dokubo says the ...
Opinion: The fallacy of ethnic gang up against Pres. Jonathan
by Bemdoo Hulugh In 2011 Presidential election,General Buhari didn’t even come second in the southwest with a yoruba man ...
Niger Delta ex-militant leaders have a message for Buhari
by James Sambo Niger Delta ex-militant leaders on Thursday urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sustain the Presidential ...
Opinion: #2015EarthDay – Where are the leaders of environmental movement in Nigeria?
by Churchill Okonkwo As we prepare for this year’s Earth Day on April 22nd, 2015, the questions on my ...
Saatah Nubari: This Nigerian state is a tragedy!
by Saatah Nubari A man had told me that I was too ‘young and smart’ to be so ‘preoccupied by ...
Should we be worried? Asari-Dokubo is talking about a return to the militant days
by Iyobosa Omoregie Mujahid Asari-Dokubo says himself and other Niger-Delta militants may be compelled to return to the creeks, owing ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Let’s discuss the issue of oil theft in Niger Delta
by Olusegun Adeniyi We are losing revenue; 400,000 barrels of crude oil are lost on a daily basis due to ...
Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive: My fear for a Buhari presidency
by Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive Going by the threats coming from the Niger Delta in the event of a Jonathan loss at ...
Opinion: Asari Dokubo needs to start thinking before opening his mouth
by Babatunde Odunlami It is proof of Nigeria’s lawlessness and monumental decadence that riff raffs, thugs and lowlifes like Asari ...
Niger Delta mililtant leaders met this weekend and here’s what they decided
by Iyobosa Omoregie Several Niger Delta militants leaders have threatened to unleash violence on the country if President Goodluck Jonathan ...
“Our brother has failed” – Ex-militant leaders support Buhari
by Iyobosa Omoregie On Wednesday, January 21, some South-south ex-militant generals and commanders announced their support for the presidential candidate of ...
Today’s Daily Brief: Katsina Govt College releases GMB’s result, GEJ seeks Sanusi Lamido’s royal blessings, Asari Dokubo is not happy with attack on GEJ, and more
Katsina Government college has released the secondary school statement of result of the presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, ...
“In whatever way, Jonathan will win” – Asari Dokubo calls presidential election a walkover
by Azubuike Azikiwe Asari Dokubo, the leader of the Niger Delta People’s Salvation and Volunteer Front (NDSVF), believes that President ...
Tompolo alleges blackmail over warship acquisition
by Iyobosa Omoregie Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, has reacted to media reports that he has acquired 7 warships ...
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