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From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Dangote lost 32% of his wealth in 2016 – Bloomberg – YNaija N’Delta: FG still in search of genuine leaders, militants for dialogues – Presidency – YNaija Customs seize N250m worth of cannabis in Lagos – YNaija Pay our stipends to avoid unnecessary hostility, ex-militants tell FG... Read More
The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari has not commenced the Niger Delta dialogue because the Federal Government has been unable to ascertain the genuine militants and leaders from the region. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in an interview with AIT said Buhari’s efforts are yet to bring fruits.... Read More
These are the top five stories that you should monitor today. We are ready for dialogue, N’Delta militants tell Buhari Niger Delta militants on Tuesday said they were ready to negotiate with President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the crisis in the area. 2. I am in Nigeria to testify against Hembe, others – Jibrin Suspended member... Read More
From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Rivers rerun: Security operatives were used to plot violence – Wike – YNaija We are ready for dialogue, N’Delta militants tell Buhari – YNaija I am in Nigeria to testify against Hembe, others – Jibrin – YNaija Delta govt may forfeit $250m Ibori loot – YNaija Just... Read More
Niger Delta militants on Tuesday said they were ready to negotiate with President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the crisis in the area, Punch reports. The militants made their intentions known through a statement. They said the decision was made after a meeting held under the auspices of the Coalition of Niger Delta Groups. The militants... Read More
Olalekan Waheed Adigun Whenever I hear those who ought to know say that Nigeria’s main problem is ethnicity, I often begin to develop cold feet. They seem to argue that if not for ethnicity (a colonial construct), the country would have moved ahead. While this I may agree that ethnicity is one of the manifestations of... Read More
by Pius Adesanmi In my entire adult life, every government in Nigeria has mouthed the platitude of economic diversification. Whether military or civilian, every administration has gone to the Aso Rock Villa screaming her determination to wean Nigeria of oil dependency from the rooftops. Such administrations wax nostalgic about the groundnut pyramids of Kano, the... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with the people of Niger Delta to stop the destruction of pipelines and embrace agriculture. He made the appeal when he was represented by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, at the 20th anniversary of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company’s Green River Project Farmers’... Read More
Former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo has said he is not involved and has no link with militants who have resumed destruction of oil facilities in the Niger Delta. Tompolo said this in a statement by his media consultant, Paul Bebenimibo, on Sunday. He denied sending militants to destroy pipelines because he was declared wanted by... Read More
The Defence Headquarters has appointed a new commander for Operation Delta Safe in the Niger Delta. The new commander, Apochi Ogabu Suleiman, a Rear Admiral replaces Rear Admiral Joseph Osa Okojie, with immediate effect. Suleiman was the Director Development at the Defence Headquarters before his recent appointment. He was also the Flag Officer Commanding, Central... Read More
These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. N’Delta militants frustrating peace talks, development projects – Presidency The Presidency has said Niger Delta militant groups continue to frustrate the Federal Government efforts to ensure peace in the region. 2. ASUU strike: Senate summons Adeosun The Senate has summoned Minister for Finance, Kemi Adeosun... Read More
The Presidency has said Niger Delta militant groups continue to frustrate the Federal Government efforts to ensure peace in the region. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu was quoted as saying this in an interview he granted to a Kano-based radio station,... Read More
The Niger Delta Peoples Congress (NDPC) has forwarded its demands to the Federal Government for peace in the Niger Delta, just weeks after PANDEF made a 16-point demand. The group led by King Alfred Diete Spiff, the Amanayabo of Twon Brass, Bayelsa State, met behind closed doors with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday at... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Morocco, venue of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP-22. Buhari departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International, Abuja late Monday afternoon aboard the presidential jet. On arrival, the president was greeted by some members of his cabinet, and... Read More
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says it has intensified efforts to clampdown on crude oil theft and illegal bunkering activities in the Niger Delta. According to a statement issued on Monday by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, the Navy said its efforts has led to the destruction of more illegal refineries and arrest of perpetrators.... Read More
An Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark has labeled Niger Delta militants who blow up oil installations criminals, according to The Punch. Clark stated this during an interview on Friday in Warri, Delta urging the boys to give President Buhari the chance to attend to issues in the region. He said, “We agreed that Niger Delta... Read More
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark has urged the Federal Government to speedily constitute a dialogue team to put an end to hostilities in the region. Clark said this during a press briefing organized by the group in Warri on Friday. Clark also decried the recent attacks on pipelines in the... Read More
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark on Friday said those behind the renewed attacks on pipelines “enemies of the people and criminals”. Clark also said it was worrisome that some militant groups continued hostilities despite attempts by the leaders of the region to broker peace with the Federal Government. Clark... Read More
Minister of State for Defence, Ibe Kachikwu has said expressed disappointment at the continued damage of pipelines in Niger Delta despite efforts by the Federal Government to engage stakeholders in the region. Kachikwu said this in a statement issued by Idang Alibi, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. He... Read More
The Federal Government has set up a committee to negotiate with Niger Delta stakeholders in a bid to stop bombing of pipelines and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons. This was disclosed by Coordinator of the Niger Delta Riverine Protection Programme, Tikari Danjuma, at a media briefing in Abuja, on Thursday. He said the committee... Read More
Militants in the Niger Delta on Tuesday blew up an oil pipeline in Warri, Delta, according to AFP. Chairman of Batan community Dickson Ogugu who confirmed the incident said, “The line which was undergoing repair after the previous attack … was billed for commissioning either today or tomorrow.” Ogugu said four surveillance guards deployed to protect... Read More
by Farooq Kperogi To begin with, the idea that the Nigerian government is subsidizing fuel for the masses is a willfully double-tongued twaddle. Only four kinds of people believe that: the hopelessly ignorant, the mentally subnormal, masochists with a perverse thirst for self-abasement, and beneficiaries of real government subsidies such as our indolent, unproductive, and... Read More
by Michael Jegede The task before the newly inaugurated board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba is, no doubt, quite enormous. The Commission under the chairmanship of Ndoma-Egba with the former Deputy Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Udo Ekere as the Managing Director (MD), has to... Read More
Patience Ibifaka Jonathan. Indigene of Oba Ama, Okirika community, Rivers state. Wedded to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Otuoke, Bayelsa state. Former first lady of Bayelsa state. Later day first lady of the federal republic of Nigeria, and all time lifter of the national mood is in the news again. This time for less than noble... Read More
Militants on Wednesday blew up a flow station operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Delta. In a statement issued by the Spokesman of the joint force code-named “Operation Delta Safe”, Lt.-Col. Olaolu Daudu said the troops heard the explosion while they were on routine patrol. He said, “Troops of Operation Delta Safe located... Read More
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday expressed delight at the comment made by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Buhari had in a meeting with Niger Delta elders said any Nigerian was free to leave the country if they had another country. In its reaction IPOB said it was ready to take the president by his... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze So many watched the meeting between President Buhari and the “leaders” of the Niger Delta yesterday with keen interest. Like many, I was gobsmacked by the outcome. One of the demands by the stakeholders, including traditional rulers, is inclusive participation of the region in oil industry. Then they demanded for oil blocs.... Read More
by Annkio Briggs SETTING THE NIGER DELTA AGENDA [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s recently confirmed by Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu when he presented a roadmap for the development of the nation’s oil and gas industry at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Thursday the 27th of October, 2016 that President Buhari will meet with some... Read More
An oil pipeline has been destroyed in Batan, near Warri in Delta State by suspected militants just hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with Niger Delta elders on Tuesday, AFP reports. No group has claimed responsibility for the destruction of the pipeline operated by the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC). “The attack was carried... Read More
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