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July 20, 2013

Chris Okotie: Counting the cost of insecurity

by Chris Okotie The state of emergency in the North-East and the accompanying military operations in that axis have the potential to adversely affect economic activities generally, including agricultural production…

July 15, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: We are not our brothers’ keepers, Nigerians (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze In August 2011 when it was announced that cleaning up Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region would cost at least $1 billion, and would take up…

July 15, 2013

Sam Omatseye: Feeding the Niger Delta monster

by Sam Omatseye ....report showed how brutal the killings defaced the villages that had enjoyed peace for close to a decade when the crisis ended. Whole families were wiped out, and…

July 14, 2013

Simon Kolawole: We’d soon start drinking our oil

by Simon Kolawole I am not interested in who is the chairman of governors’ forum or Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly. That will not reduce the price of garri.…

July 7, 2013

Niger Delta militants steal crude oil to finance their operations – Gov. Dickson stars as Captain Obvious

by Rachel Ogbu (Photo: Nigeriana) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has revealed that militants steal millions of naira worth of oil to finance their operations, recruit members, and buy arms…

July 1, 2013

Opinion: Jonathan, Ameachi and the voodoo scare

by Wale Odunsi I deduced a comic from that encounter; what if the President was scared that Amaechi might have some portion of Juju (Voodoo) with him? Sometime last year,…

June 13, 2013

Miracle escape: How I survived 2 days floating in the Atlantic Ocean – Cook, Harrison Okene narrates

He said his survival is a “miracle” but the memories of the watery darkness still haunt him and he is not sure he will return to the sea Miracle escape:…

June 9, 2013

Opinion: Niger Delta pollution – A tragedy of the commons

by Maximilian O. Obiakor If we do not strive to create a new set of institutions to protect the common- property, then they will continue to be privately explored, exploited and…

June 3, 2013

#SOE: Buhari faults military crackdown on Boko Haram

by Isi Esene Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has spoken against the emergency rule declared in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa accusing the military of killing innocent civilians. He said…

May 14, 2013

“He is an unserious fellow” – Presidency denies Alhaji Dokubo Asari

The Presidency on Monday defended one of its own, Kingsley Kuku, over a recent statement credited to him to the effect that the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015…

May 13, 2013

“We will go back to the creeks” – Ex-militants back Dokubo-Asari

by Rachel Ogbu A new threat to the proposed amnesty programme for the Islamic sect, Boko Haram and an even bigger threat to the country have come from ex-leaders of…

May 12, 2013

“Dokubo-Asari cannot fight any war” – David-West goes hard on ex-militant leader

by Akan Ido Former Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam David-West has told anyone who cares to listen that the utterances of the former militant leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on the state of the…

May 8, 2013

Misguided utterances: Reps, Niger governor want Dokubo-Asari, Kuku arrested

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to quiz ex-militant, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, over his latest comment that there would be no peace…

May 6, 2013

Okey Ndibe: Nigria is a nation at war with its people

by Okey Ndibe Nigeria has actually been in a state of war for several years now, but there appears a conspiracy to conceal that fact. Nigeria is crashing all around…

May 6, 2013

“There will be no peace everywhere if Jonathan is not the president by 2015” – Dokubo-Asari makes the vision plain

by Ogunyemi Bukola Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, has declared that the Niger Delta is entitled to eight years of two terms at the presidency.…

May 2, 2013

‘Two angry men’ argue on who to blame for Niger Delta oil spills (WATCH)

by Chi Ibe Nigeria's controversial show - Two Angry Men - with Harry and James discuss the Niger Delta and oil spills this week. They argue over who is to…

April 29, 2013

Just In: 5 expatriates abducted by pirates in Bayelsa

by Isi Esene A German flag vessel has been attacked by pirates at 10 Nautical Miles, Middleton Rivers, close to Sangana, Brass LGA of Bayelsa state. The armed pirates numbering…

April 24, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Terrorism – Force has failed (Y! FrontPage)

If we pacify those with the guns today, the same seeds that brought them to fruition will come to roost again. Whatever we do, time is not on our side.…

April 21, 2013

Amnesty for all! Niger-Delta bunkerers tell FG they too want amnesty

Oil bunkerers and illegal refinery operators in Niger-Delta, Saturday, demanded for amnesty and reparation from the Federal Government for them to stop oil theft in the region. They said in…

April 15, 2013

Worsening cases of oil theft put Nigeria’s economy in jeopardy – ACN calls on FG to act

by Isi Esene The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Federal Government to curb the rising incident of oil theft in the Niger Delta region so as…

April 13, 2013

Dele Momodu: The monestisation of fresh air

by Dele Momodu Paying for amnesty was a double jeopardy on the part of government. It was an admission of guilt and a confirmation that government had failed in its…

April 10, 2013

“It wasn’t MEND, disgruntled ex-militants did it” – Governor Dickson as 10 bodies of dead policemen recovered

by Isi Esene The body of ten policemen killed in an ambush on Saturday night in Bayelsa state have been recovered. The bodies were recovered yesterday by the police who…

April 8, 2013

We did it: MEND claims responsibility for killing of 12 policemen

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday claimed that its fighters killed the 12 policemen whose boat was ambushed in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, on Saturday…

April 7, 2013

Gunmen kill 12 policemen in Bayelsa, same day MEND threatens to resume hostilities

by Rachel Ogbu Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Unknown gunmen are reported to have killed at least 12 policemen in Bayelsa State last Friday night leaving locals in fear…

April 4, 2013

President Jonathan reportedly no longer opposed to amnesty for Boko Haram

by Isi Esene There are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan nay have agreed to grant amnesty to Boko Haram militants after a meeting with Northern Elders Forum (NEF) which took…

March 14, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Of Nigeria’s oil barons and the Petroleum Industry Bill

by Olusegun Adeniyi What is even more unfortunate is that the multinational oil companies who together officially account for 88 percent of Nigeria’s current production figure of 2.4 million barrels…

March 11, 2013

YNaija Editorial: No country for amnesty

by Editorial Board Surely, the rise of militancy in Nigeria demands action that is more carefully conceived and better executed... The best time to punish a criminal…

February 5, 2013

Opinion: Shell: Our perpetual scapegoat

by Chimeka Garricks For years, Big Oil has alleged that the bulk of spills are caused by sabotage (for example, according to a Reuters article, Shell admits that 198…

February 2, 2013

Opinion: Why we should take MEND’s threats seriously, very seriously

by Abdul Mahmud Let’s be clear about the nature of those conflicts. They were, and still are, on the one hand, conflicts over the ownership of natural resources. And on…