Some elders under the aegis of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of dividing Nigeria more than any other leader in the nation’s history. In a statement Thursday, the forum condemned Buhari’s removal of Matthew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS). The leaders alleged that […]
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has said that for the country to achieve lasting peace in the Niger Delta region, amnesty programme must be pursued seriously with vigour. The group also expressed support for any effort that would lead to the restructuring of the country. The Group made the declarations when its new elected […]
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THE Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum made up of South South, South East, South and North Central leaders of thought came together in Abuja, on Wednesday, to observe and express shock that President Muhammadu Buhari has breached the constitution of the country by paying out the sum of $496 million without authorization from the […]
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THE militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which, last year, aborted attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region to enable the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, dialogue with the Federal Government, suspended its ceasefire today. The group in a statement by the spokesman, self-styled “General” Mudoch Agbinibo, renounced PANDEF, led by former Federal […]
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Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has declared that restructuring of Nigeria is a must for economic growth and development. Clark, a former national commissioner who addressed the press in Abuja on Wednesday on the perceived lopsidedness in the federal government owned oil companies, said the country cannot continue as it is now. He said a situation where […]
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The attention of members of the Centre for the vulnerable and the underprivileged, (Centrep) have been drawn to the bitter feud between the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) led by Chief Edwin Clark and the Pan Niger Delta Peoples’ Congress (PNDPC) headed by the former National Chairman of Traditional Rulers of Oil Producing Communities of […]
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The Federal Government will flag-off the first set of modular refineries domiciled mostly in the Delta region, next month, the presidency has said. Presidential media aide, Laolu Akande, made the disclosure when he briefed, alongside the presidential spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu. He added that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will hold a ground breaking […]
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Suspected militants on Monday vandalised the Trans-Niger pipeline in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region, reducing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s crude oil production by 150,000 barrels per day. According to the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, the country has not been able to sustain the recent gains recorded in crude oil production […]
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“Politicians who are worshipping you should re-examine themselves. What do they owe to you? You, who sold all national assets of Nigeria including the Nigerian shipping line, Nigerian Airways, Nitel, Nigeria houses and institutions, you sold everything except Aso Rock. You sold Delta Steel Company (DSC) through your son to the Indians who could not […]
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SOME eminent Nigerians have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to restructure Nigeria and prevent the country from disintegrating. According to them, the unity of Nigeria and harmonious co-existence of the various ethnic nationalities will be deepened by fiscal federalism and restructuring of the polity. Eminent Nigerians who shared this view include elder […]
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