Niger Delta

February 15, 2016

‘We did not waste Amnesty funds’ – General Boroh

Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, Brigadier General Paul Boroh has denied reports alleging that he purchased official vehicles for his office worth N157 million. Boroh also said he never inflated the amount believed to have been spent on training the ex-militants between November and December of 2015. In a press statement released on Monday,... Read More

Amnesty, corruption, Niger Delta

Nigerian militants

February 14, 2016

1500 Niger Delta militants agree to surrender to federal government

Not less than 1500 Niger Delta militants have expressed their readiness to embrace amnesty and surrender arms to the federal government due to the intervention of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu. The militants commanders from Arepo, Ikorodu, Abule, Fatorla, Ibafo, Magboro, Epe, Itokin, Ilepete, Okenekene, Agric, Gbokoda camps, Camp 5 and... Read More

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February 11, 2016

Amnesty Office spent N12.9bn on contracts, not N48bn – Paul Boroh

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh has denied reports that the Amnesty office spent N48 billion in five months. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, disclosed this in an interview on Thursday in Abuja. He described the reports as nothing but malicious and constructed on... Read More

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February 8, 2016

Tompolo’s arrest warrant renewed

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has renewed an arrest warrant order issued in respect to former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo. Judge Ibrahim Buba on Monday, said the application by Ekpemupolo’s lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo, urging the court to set aside an order of substituted service was ‘misconceived, misplaced, and mis-applicable’. “Up till... Read More

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February 4, 2016

Niger Delta pipeline bombers ‘arrested by JTF’

Nigeria troops operating in the Niger Delta region, on Thursday, disclosed that they have arrested suspected bombers of oil installations and pipelines within the region. The Joint Task Force operation, code named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’, made the revelation through the Commander, Maj-Gen. Alani Okunlola, in a statement signed by the Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre,... Read More

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February 3, 2016

‘We have moved beyond’ pipeline attacks – Ijaw Youth Council

Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide have warned against further attacks of oil installations and pipelines in the Niger Delta region. The youths described those behind the attacks on pipelines in Delta and Bayelsa States as enemies of the region, stressing that they should be arrested and treated like common criminals. The IYC also appealed to the Federal Government... Read More

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January 31, 2016

Militants attack Agip pipelines in Bayelsa, massive crude oil spillage recorded

Niger Delta militants have continued to unleash terror in the region as all the oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil company in Bayelsa state, were recently attacked. The explosions, which affected pipelines located in Orukari, Golubokiri and Kpongbokiri communities of Brass, was said to have been triggered by dynamite attacks allegedly launched by... Read More

Agip, Bayelsa, Brass community, Militants, Niger Delta, pipelines

January 29, 2016

Why there’s militancy, criminal activities in Niger Delta – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the failure of previous governments to clean up oil spillages in the Niger Delta region as the major cause of militant activities. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, Buhari promised to clean up the Ogoniland by implementing the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP’s recommendations. President Buhari made the promise during... Read More

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January 28, 2016

I will appear in court… but only at the appropriate time – Tompolo

Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) Government Ekpumupolo, better known as Tompolo, has made up his mind to appear before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The court had issued a bench warrant for his arrest on January 14, but thus far, security agencies have failed to... Read More

Bayelsa, court, Niger Delta, pipeline, Tompolo

January 27, 2016

Tompolo behind bombing of oil, gas pipelines – MEND

The frontline members of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has criticised the decision by some former militant leaders from the region to exonerate High Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo, over the recent bomb attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the Gbaramatu, Delta State. The leader of the group,... Read More

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January 26, 2016

Ijaw elders to FG: ‘It is difficult for us to produce Tompolo… we are not security agents’

Ijaw elders in Delta state simply can’t fathom why the federal government has said they should hand over former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, to security agencies. The elders said they do have no clue on the location of Tompolo neither do they possess any inkling as to whether he’s involved in the three-day... Read More

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January 22, 2016

‘Tompolo is a civilised Nigerian’ | Edwin Clark writes Buhari over pipelines’ attacks (READ)

Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to look into the ‘humiliation and harassment’ of Niger Deltans, especially former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo. Tompolo had been accused of being behind the recent destruction of oil and gas pipelines by militants in the Niger Delta. Many suggested that the... Read More

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Nigerian militants

January 19, 2016

‘We’ll stop bombing oil pipelines if these conditions are met’ – Militants

Militant leaders, who have engaged in a series of oil pipelines bombing in the Niger Delta and major oil depots in the South-West, have issued conditions that must be met before they would stop their destructive activities. The bombing of major oil installations in the Niger Delta began last week, as militants blew up major... Read More

Militants, Niger Delta, pipeline bombings

January 18, 2016

Tompolo writes President Buhari on why he ignored EFCC, court order (READ)

Former Niger Delta Militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo who is also known as Tompolo, in an open letter to President Buhari, has explained why he has failed to show up in court over the corruption cases brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Tompolo has repeatedly refused to honor court invitations extended to... Read More

Buhari, corruption, EFCC, Federal Governmet, Niger Delta

December 29, 2015

Niger Delta militants to Buhari: ‘We want EFCC to leave Tompolo alone’

Former Niger Delta militants, have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop harassing ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, and follow the rule of law while dealing with him. Speaking at a meeting held in Warri, the Transformed Niger Delta Ex-militants Forum, said the President should urgently... Read More

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December 27, 2015

‘Niger Delta people support Biafra more than Ndigbo’ – MASSOB leader

The new leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB), Solomon Chukwu says the Niger Delta region is part of the agitation for secession from Nigeria. According to Chukwu, Niger Deltans are more committed to the actualisation of the Republic of Biafra more than Ndigbos. Speaking through MASSOB’s National Director... Read More

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December 15, 2015

‘Biafra is dead and buried, protest leaders are enemies of progress’

The Ijaws of Niger Delta has described the sponsors of the recent pro-Biafra protests as enemies of progress. The agitation for a Biafran state resulted in series of protests, destruction of properties and loss of lives, throughout the month of November, across the South-East. Comrade Joseph Evah, speaking on Monday, on behalf of the Ijaws of... Read More

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December 12, 2015

The government is after me because I refused to join APC – Tompolo

Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo known as Tompolo, says he’s being harassed by the federal government over his refusal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tompolo said on Saturday, that the EFCC gave a misleading information that he is evading summon. The former militant leader said he’s taken... Read More

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October 26, 2015

‘Leave Diezani alone… are there no other governors that have stolen?’

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) claims that the anti- corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari is targeted at the Ijaws from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. President of the IYC, Udengs Eradiri, made the allegation over the weekend, while also urging the federal government against prosecuting the former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. “The UK government should stay away... Read More

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September 12, 2015

Former Niger Delta militants make fresh demands from Buhari

Former Niger Delta militants under the Third Phase Group have called on the Federal Government to develop the region to avert another crisis. The former militants said that the failure of former Presidential Adviser to the President on the Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, was attributed to the recent surge in militancy and unrest. They released... Read More

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September 9, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Alimi says gay is African | Niger-Delta oil holding Nigeria | PDP condemns Akwa Ibom govt. house

Ogun appoints new magistrates. This Day Fani-Kayode says the only thing keeping Nigeria together is Niger- Delta oil. YNaija Bisi Alimi says gay stems from Africa. The Guardian Buhari finally speaks on lopsided appointment, says Chibok girls dispersed. Premium Times Nigerian army says some Boko Haram members cannot recite the Quran. YNaija PDP governors condemns... Read More

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August 26, 2015

Oshiomhole replies Orubebe, calls him a ‘clown and noisemaker’

A back and forth has officially began between the Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole and former Minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe. Orubebe threw the first blow and Oshiomhole has now responded. In response to Orubebe, calling him an ingrate and a sycophant, the governor said Orubebe is afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned probe of... Read More

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August 21, 2015

Keeping an eye on the Niger Delta

For almost a decade, the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been quite restive. The populace turning to violence as an attempted expression of long-held grievances. The militants used attacks on oil installations and taking of oil workers, preferably foreign ones, as hostages to bring the attention of the Federal Government to the neglect... Read More

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Buhari approves payment of ex-militants’ allowances

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of outstanding allowances to former Niger Delta militants who are beneficiaries of the amnesty programme. The process of the payment has been kick-started by the presidential amnesty office, after a seven-man committee was set up Tarila Boroh, amnesty coordinator, to undertake a verification exercise of claims. TheCable reports that Central Bank... Read More

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Buhari appoints new Coordinator of Niger Delta Amnesty Programme

President Muhammadu Buhari, may have just answered the prayers of several people in the Niger Delta region. He has approved the appointment of Brig.-Gen. P.T. Boroh (retd.) as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. Details of the appointment was disseminated on Tuesday, July 28, in a statement released to journalists by the Special Adviser to... Read More

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Tompolo’s meeting with MEND members stopped as soldiers seal off meeting venue

The proposed MEND meeting which was called by the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo ans was scheduled to hold on Saturday did not hold as soldiers reportedly sealed off the Ijaw House, venue of the proposed meeting on the orders of the state governor, Dickson... Read More

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The Ijaw Youth Council believe Buhari plans to bomb the Niger Delta

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has said that it had uncovered plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to send federal troops to invade the Niger Delta with Ijaw communities as the target. In a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, IYC said that information at its disposal indicated that the Federal Government would begin the deployment... Read More

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Kuku tells EFCC he is ready for probe

The immediate past special adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), that he was ready to assist the commission in its bid to probe the accounts of the agency under his leadership. Kuku was reacting to an invitation by the EFCC, directing him to... Read More

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Presidency says it won’t distrupt MEND ex-leaders meeting

The Presidency has said it has no plan to disrupt the meeting of top MEND ex-Niger Delta militants scheduled to hold in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Saturday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed this on Friday in an interview. One of the top ex-militants in the Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo... Read More

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Why SA on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku will not honour EFCC invitation

In its probe of the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the Eonomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) has invited immediate past Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, for questioning. Kuku was instructed by the EFCC to report to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on July 28, over allegation of diverting public funds... Read More

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