Monarch of Agbere Kingdom in Bayelsa state, His Highness, Sir Emmanuel Kimia has said that the recent visit of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Niger Delta, particularly to Gbaramatu Kingdom was a good omen for the Niger Delta Sir Kimia who spoke to newsmen in Effurun said the statement by Prof. Osinbajo that the Niger Delta was […]
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This Niger Delta Avengers open letter is unsigned and doubtful but it is coming a few days after some Niger Delta leaders under Chief Edwin Clark regretted the the unwillingness of the Buhari administration to negotiate with leaders of the region. January 6, 2017 The High Command of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), felicitate […]
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Niger Delta elders, leaders and stakeholders have rejected the Federal Government’s move to launch a $10 billion (N4 trillion) infrastructural rebirth investment programme in the area, describing the proposal as “a blackmail” The multi-trillion naira programme is part of the Short and Medium Term Priorities to Grow Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry (2015 to 2019), […]
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) yesterday dissociated itself from the proposed dialogue between the Federal Government and some prominent politicians and traditional rulers from the Niger Delta. The militant group, which claimed responsibility for most of the bombings of oil and gas facilities in the region earlier in the year, said it had lost confidence […]
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THE Minister for Petroleum Resources (State), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has said that the Niger Delta region might lose 80 billion dollars investment funds he has raised from China for the development of the gas sector in the region if people of the region do not embrace peace. Dr. Kachikwu stated this at the weekend when […]
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The minister of state for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has bemoaned the absence of infrastructure in the Niger Delta even though the federal government has committed more than $40 billion to the region over the last 12 years. Speaking in Warri, Delta state, on Friday after meeting with Edwin Clark and other Niger Delta leaders […]
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Suspected militants in the early hours of Friday(19/8/16) blew up another gas pipeline being operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) at Owhrode and Orhuwhorun in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The bursted pipeline supplies gas to the defunct Delta Steel Company (DSC) at Aladja in Orhuwhorun community in Udu Local Government […]
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Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark has restated that the only way out of the present security, economic and political logjam in the country is restructuring. Clark made this known at a Stakeholders Consultative Meeting of Niger Delta Coastal States ongoing at the conference hall of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun, […]
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Governors of the six coastal states of the Niger Delta, including leaders of the various ethnic nationalities, traditional rulers and Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, are expected to hold a consultative meeting over the current state of militancy in the region on Friday. The meeting which is being convened at the instance of Chief […]
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Ijaw elders, comprising of Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state governor, Edwin Clark and traditional rulers, have demanded the withdrawal of troops from Niger Delta communities. The elders, from the seven Niger Delta states, said this on Saturday after a meeting held in Warri, Delta, over the destructive activities of militants. A communique issued at the end of […]
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