The European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs are planning a N36 billion water project for nine states of the Niger Delta, which are expected to contribute N350 million each as counterpart-funding. According to the minister, Pastor Uguru Usani Uguru, the states have a window of 30 days to take advantage of […]
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Dr Chris Ekiyor is the former President, Ijaw Youth Council and currently Secretary of the Committee set up by the Delta State government to explore the possibilities of govt’s dialogue with the militants. He spoke on the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta and why the Ijaws are dominating the Niger Delta struggle . […]
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There are indications that President Muhammad Buhari may have finally agreed to meet with Niger Delta leaders in a bid to proffer permanent solution to the renewed militancy in the region. This was disclosed by the President of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Udens Eradiri, on Saturday. This is coming just after the President urged […]
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The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh in this interview maintains that those bombing oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta have untoward purposes since the Presidency has been very meticulous in implementing the Amnesty programme for the benefit of ex-militants who signed up […]
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Travelling deep into the heart of the Niger Delta typical oil producing communities you will physically experience a burning sensation on your skin as though a massive fire has been ignited all around the environment and the temperature ranges between 30-35 degrees Celsius each day. The experiences are more or less like that of a […]
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The renewed militant activity in the Niger Delta is an indication of hopelessness and desperation. It is a sign of rejection of whatever remediation agenda is on ground now. The militants are not unaware of the good intentions of the Buhari’s government to ‘mend fences’ particularly the President’s willingness to forge ahead with the UNEP […]
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In 1952, our forefathers in a bid to agitate for development of the Niger Delta drew up a plan called Niger Delta Development Plan, which was presented to the British government by the colonial government. The Niger Delta presentation requested for fundamental human rights, in the then coming 1960 independence of Nigeria, in a bid […]
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My lord, since my arrest on the 21st of May, 1994 I have been subjected to physical and mental torture, held incommunicado and denied food for weeks and medical attention for months. My seventy-four year old mother has been whipped and arrested, my wife beaten and threatened with detention, the three telephone lines to my […]
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The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean up decades of oil pollution which continues to blight the Niger Delta, said Amnesty International ahead of the Nigerian government’s long overdue clean-up of Ogoniland, due to begin on 2 June. Scores of oil spills from Shell operations in […]
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The huge decline in crude oil production largely occasioned by militant attacks in the Niger Delta has caused the country to lose at least N100.4bn in earnings in 13 days. Official reports indicate that the nation’s oil output has dropped by 800,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million bpd since May 16. The Minister of […]
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