A sophisticated attack on a sub-sea pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta might herald a return to the kind of widespread militant violence that crippled the oil industry in Africa’s top producer less than a decade ago. Attacks on oil facilities have been on the rise in the swamps since President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to shake up […]
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Ex-militant leader, Ebikamowei Victor Ben, alias Boyloaf, has warned politicians that any attempt to hijack the amnesty programme from the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, Gen. Paul Boroh would trigger another round of avoidable crisis in the Niger Delta region. Boyloaf has warned politicians to steer clear of the presidential amnesty programme. […]
Continue ReadingThe National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has constituted a special panel to investigate petitions and complaints of oil spillage and environmental degradation by international oil companies, IOC, in the Niger Delta, as well as recommend penalties to be slammed on indicted companies. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Professor Bem Angwe assured that previous reports and […]
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The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Worldwide has expressed concern over the recent massive deployment of security operatives to the Niger Delta. They called for intelligence gathering as against all out confrontational approach to Niger Delta issues The IYC described the current development as “ineffective” pointing out that the presence of the military and other security […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that the Federal Government has started deploying the military to the Niger Delta. He said the step became imperative in order to end the sabotage of oil facilities and abduction of citizens for ransom in the coastal areas of the country. This was made known in a statement by […]
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There are two oily stories that should catch our attention. One is about designing and fabrication of a refinery at a Nigerian university and the second one is about new dates for ending gas flaring in Nigeria. First is the news that the Department of Chemical engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has […]
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Dateline: September 26, 2015, four months into Buhari’s presidency, 9 (some reported 10) Department of State Security(DSS) operatives were killed and (some say) their corpses taken away by pipeline vandals in Arepo, somewhere between Ikorodu in Lagos State and Ogun NO ONE WAS ON TELEVISION AS RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER, CALLING FOR THE LEVELING OF THE […]
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“When someone says they want to kill you, believe them”. This was the advice of a holocaust survivor as re-echoed by Ted Cruz, US presidential aspirant. Like many Jews who did not believe Adolph Hitler and instead supported his campaign of change, history pledges to repeat itself in Nigeria and soon. In Nigeria, a serving […]
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According to the Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, the military has taken over protection of oil pipelines nationwide. This follows the recent bombings of oil facilities in the Niger Delta. “They have taken over protection all over Nigeria. It is just modalities that need to be concluded but with this kind of thing, […]
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FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the alleged castigation and harassment of the people of the Niger Delta and for the maintenance of peace and stability in the region. In the letter dated January 22, 2016, Chief Clark specifically asked […]
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