Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, weekend, said since President Muhammadu Buhari has decided to shun the demand for legitimate dialogue with militants and stakeholders on the Niger Delta question, it would continue to encumber all avenues by him to export crude oil from the region. Avengers, in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, said that the struggle […]
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Officials of Nigeria and the United States of America have met in Washington D.C. over ways to end militancy in the Niger Delta area. The officials that met were Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Maj-General Babagana Monguno (rtd) and his American counterpart, Susan Rice. They both met at the White House. President Muhammad Buhari is in […]
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The Nigerian Navy said Wednesday night that it has arrested five Niger Delta criminals including the leader of a notorious militant group, one Uduak Etim Thomon of the Bakassi Strike Force. Among crimes said to be perpetrated by the militants are attack on market women and other traders, siphoning of crude oil and destruction of […]
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A Niger Delta based NGO, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) has decried the alleged continued destruction of the environment in the oil-rich Niger Delta Region by Multinational Oil Companies, pipe vandals and illegal oil bunkerers, insisting they must halt their cruel activities now to save the deteriorating environment. National Coordinator of CEPEJ, Comrade […]
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Former Prelate, Methodist Church, Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Mbang, yesterday warned the Federal Government that force will not resolve Niger Delta crisis. He said the only option is dialogue, citing the United States stalemate in its war in Iraq and Afganistan. Mbang, who is former president, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), spoke to journalists at his […]
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“Nigeria does not need Niger Delta. She needs Lagos more.” – Emir Sanusi Lamido The Niger Delta is located in the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Bight of the Biafra side of the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil […]
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HIGH CHIEF PAPA THOMAS EKPEMUPOLO, TOMPOLO’S FATHER DIES DUE TO INCESSANT BUHARI MILITARY HARASSMENT High Chief Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo, the Tunteriwei of Gbaramatu kingdom and father of embattled ex Niger Delta freedom fighter, leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo(Tompolo) father dead today according to a report posted by IPDI A confidential source who spoke anonymous said that […]
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The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has said that the success story of governance in Lagos State has positioned it as the leading state in the country, adding that Nigeria needs the state more than the oil-rich Niger Delta. Speaking last week while delivering a paper entitled: “Nigeria In Search of New Growth model” at […]
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As part of measures towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in the Niger Delta which has crippled oil production in the country, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has called for an all-embracing dialogue involving all stakeholders, including foreign interests. The governor made the call when the Deputy Chief of Mission, United States of America’s (USA) embassy […]
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I give an applause to the Northern region for their sense of unity of purpose or oneness. We may attribute this to the practice of a centralized religious system which in turn gave birth to a traditional rule system as evidenced by the Emirs, Sultans, etc. of which their pronouncements are upheld in high esteem […]
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