Last month, James Ibori, a former governor of oil-rich Delta state in the south of Nigeria was released, after four years in a UK prison. He had been convicted by a British court for embezzling state funds during his eight years in charge. Ibori was released and deported after he had returned up to $110 […]
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Early this week, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo flagged off a tour of the Niger Delta region, starting from Delta State. No doubt, the motivation for the tour is apparently in search of peace. The peace, not for the sake of it, but so there will be conducive atmosphere that will boost crude oil exploration and […]
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the Niger Delta region of the country is special and must be treated as such. Speaking in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta state when he flagged off the peace tour of the Niger Delta on Monday, the nation’s number two citizen appealed to the stakeholders of the region to embrace peace, explaining […]
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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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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday appealed to the militants vandalising oil installations in the Niger Delta to come and sit down with his government to decide how the nation’s resources can be managed instead of picking up arms against their fatherland. While regretting that the problems he identified during the campaigns that preceded the 2015 […]
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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, has said that the ministry would require N1 trillion to enable it complete all ongoing and abandoned projects spread across the region. Pastor Usani, in his maiden press briefing in Abuja, said that the ministry was determined to complete all projects awarded by the previous […]
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Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, President, Mr. Austin Ozobo, has said that Niger Delta will not allow what happened to renowned activists, the late Isaac Adaka Boro and Ken Saro Wiwa, to befall former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. Ozobo said in a press statement in Warri: “Boro and Sarowiwa died in the hands […]
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Oil and solid minerals producing communities have accused the political class and state governors in the Niger Delta region of hijacking funds meant for the development of the region, totaling over N1 trillion annually. The communities, under the aegis of Oil and Solid Minerals Producing Areas Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, claimed that the region’s […]
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The Asabiro stream which flows to the Warri River was a major source of potable water for the peasants of Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta before the 1980s when the sitting of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company triggered a maelstrom of oil activities and an influx of oil workers to the serene […]
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The Federal Government has set up a committee to liaise with stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to end the bombing of pipelines and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons. Coordinator of the committee known as the Niger Delta Riverine Protection Programme, Mr. Tikari Danjuma, said this at a media briefing in Abuja, […]
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