Tag: Niger Delta

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 8, 2017

FG committed to creating a ‘new N’Delta region’ – Usani

Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Usani Uguru Usani, has urged investors and other stakeholders to support the government to initiate infrastructure ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 7, 2017

Devolution of power: Militant groups threaten to declare N’Delta Republic

A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups Saturday, have threatened to declare a Niger Delta Republic if the Federal Government ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 4, 2017

Mini refineries will be legalised, supplied with crude oil – FG

Nigeria will reportedly legalise currently outlawed mini refineries in the Niger Delta oil hub by the end of 2017, and ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 4, 2017

Edwin Clark withdraws ultimatum given to FG

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has withdrawn the ultimatum given to the federal government to meet the demands it’s 16-point demand presented ...

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AzeezAugust 3, 2017

Niger Delta: Edwin Clark, PANDEF meet Osinbajo

Members of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) have arrived the Presidential Villa for a meeting with Acting President ...

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AzeezAugust 2, 2017

N’Delta elders ultimatum to FG selfish, unpatriotic – Group

The Niger Delta People’s Congress has faulted the November 1 ultimatum given by the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 2, 2017

MEND pulls out of N’Delta coalition over ‘unwarranted’ threats

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has withdrawn its representatives in the Pan Niger Delta Forum ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 1, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: White House insists: No chaos here, There’s fraud evidence against Amaechi | More stories

From the papers, a tracklist. There’s fraud evidence against Amaechi – Wike – YNaija N’Delta leaders give FG ultimatum to ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 1, 2017

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. There’s fraud evidence against Amaechi – Wike 2. APC Kaduna ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiAugust 1, 2017

N’Delta leaders give FG ultimatum to implement 16-point demand

Niger Delta leaders, under the aegis of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, have given the Federal Government an ultimatum to address their ...

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ToluJuly 14, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Your MCM, Bukola Saraki donated one bus to disabled people and he’s not ashamed to flaunt it

One bus! One 15-seater Toyota bus to the Foundation of People Living with Disabilities in Niger Delta. While we can ...

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AzeezJuly 8, 2017

Agitations in the country caused by Buhari’s lopsided appointments – N’Delta militants

A coalition of Niger Delta militants have said the agitations across the country was caused by President Muhammadu Buhari‘s lopsided ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 30, 2017

We won’t bomb oil facilities again, but we won’t surrender – Militants

A militant group, New Delta Avengers, has rescinded on it’s decision to launch attacks on oil facilities in Delta State ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 23, 2017

Pay all the N’Delta leaders or face a fresh crisis – Ex-militants warn Osinbajo

Ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta have asked Yemi Osinbajo to ensure that the 30 per cent pipeline surveillance money ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 23, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Winners and losers from the Senate repeal bill | I am a Traditionalist, Christian and a practicing Muslim – Ooni of Ife | More stories

From the papers, a tracklist. Anambra gov election will not hold if… | Nnamdi Kanu threatens – YNaija I am ...

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EzinneJune 22, 2017

The Thread: How Nigeria can become one again

There’s been no time like the present when Nigeria has been threatened to be ripped apart from within, it would ...

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AzeezJune 16, 2017

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. LAI MOHAMMED ‘CLEARS THE AIR’ ON PRESIDENT BUHARI’S DEATH Amid ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 16, 2017

Opinion: This is why Nigeria should be restructured

by Jide Ojo Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified          – Albert Camus ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 16, 2017

N’Delta militants defy Osinbajo’s warning, issue quit notice to Northerners again

Defying Yemi Osinbajo’s warning against hate speeches and threats from any part of the country or any group, a coalition ...

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AzeezJune 7, 2017

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. $2.1bn arms deal: ‘Ex-Air chief’s son forfeits 20 cars’ The ...

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AzeezJune 7, 2017

Niger Delta, Ijaw not part of Biafra | Ijaw youth tells MASSOB

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has said the South-South region is not part of Biafra. The group called on the ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 6, 2017

Why Buhari is promoting a new vision for N’Delta – Osinbajo

Yemi Osinbajo has said, on Thursday, June 6, that the Buhari administration is interested in the development of the Niger Delta ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 1, 2017

Opinion: The Niger Delta mentality that must go

by Owutu TamaraKuro Like lots of Nigerians, I read about the arrest and subsequent prosecution of Mr George Turner, a ...

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Op-ed EditorMay 30, 2017

Opinion: The trash that is the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)

by Saatah Nubari The Nigerian Senate passed its version of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill on the 26th of May ...

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AzeezMay 29, 2017

“Nigeria belongs to all of us” | 7 things we learnt from Osinbajo’s Democracy Day speech

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo early Monday delivered a speech to commemorate the second anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office ...

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EditorMay 26, 2017

YNaija Says: Nigerians should really start listening to Prof Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is having his second stint as Acting President while President Muhammadu Buhari is on medical vacation ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMay 25, 2017

Ex-Militants score Buhari administration high

Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), have urged ex-militants to support Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, and his policies for ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMay 23, 2017

Oil rebels attack pipeline in the Niger Delta

by Omoleye Omoruyi Oil rebels have attacked a gas pipeline in the Niger Delta, which might break the ongoing negotiations between ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMay 19, 2017

Militants kidnap 4 Itsekiri leaders, others

by Omoleye Omoruyi It has been reported that four Itsekiri leaders and some officials of Elcrest, an indigenous firm operating ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiMay 16, 2017

Niger Delta: FG to terminate abandoned projects

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has said it would terminate about six abandoned projects across the region ...

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