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NIGER DELTA: IYC TO INVESTIGATE NNDC ABANDON CONTRACTS, REJECTS WATER RESOURCE BILL SAYS BUHARI’S PEACE CELEBRATION IS “POLITICAL GIMMICK”

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

The President, Ijaw Youths Congress(IYC) worldwide, Mr. Peretubo Oweilaemi has rejected the the water resource executive bill currently being considered by the National Assembly saying that the “Niger Delta people will resist it with their last blood as the Bill is another neo-colonisation agenda by the Federal Government to annihilate and subjugate […]

How Nigeria Army Brutally Murdered Alleged Ex-militant, Labista in Bayelsa: Group Demands Probe

January 28, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

The Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, (IPDI) has accused the Nigeria Army of Extra-judicial killings of an alleged ex-militant Labista claiming he was killed during a shoot out whereas investigation revealed he was brutally murdered by the Army. Below is their statement. “Our attention has been drawn to the extra-judicial killings of some allege militants Labista […]

SOUTHERN KADUNA: Now a Slaughter House – Senator Shehu Sani

December 29, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

The Senator representing Kaduna central, Comrade Shehu Sani, paid a solidarity visit to Senator Danjuma La’ah representing Southern Kaduna senatorial district consoling him on the persistence killings of his people. “It is unfortunate that Southern Kaduna has become a slaughter house and a cemetery,” Senator Shehu Sani decried. He was speaking at Senator Danjuma La’ah’s […]

Top militant commander arrested by JTF in Delta

October 18, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

A top commander of the Urhobo/Isoko militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), has been arrested by the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF). The militant leader was apprehended on Sunday after days of surveillance by JTF operatives. The acting JTF spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Otuji, confirmed the development to Thisday. The […]

Our children are no Avengers, release them now, Gbaramatu women give 7-day Ultimatum to FG

July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Forty-eight days after the arrest of ten youths by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) during their search for the Niger Delta Avengers in Gbaramatu Kingdom, the women and students of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State today(13/7/2016) gave the Federal Government seven days ultimatum to release their children. […]

Buhari urges Niger Delta militants to work with his govt. to review Amnesty programme

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 adminLeave a Comment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged militants, aggrieved persons and communities in the Niger Delta to drop their confrontational stance and work with his government to review the Amnesty Programme initiated by the Yar’Adua Administration. Mr. Buhari assured oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Federal Government is taking all necessary actions to […]

2009 Gbaramatu bombardment: London Court Registers N99 Billion Judgment against FG, may freeze assets

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

A London Court has registered a judgement delivered by a Nigerian court against the military following the bombardment of the Gbaramatu communities in Delta State by the Joint Military Task Force operating in the state in May 2009. Justice Timothy Holroyde of the Queen’s Bench Division of the Royal High Court of Justice England and […]

Attacking of oil facilities: JTF to hold community leaders accountable, bans outboard engines above 200hp

January 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Joint Taskforce (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) has warned that community leaders would henceforth be held responsible for any attack on the country’s oil and gas facilities in their domains. The JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen. Alani Okunlola, gave the warning on Sunday while inspecting the site of Friday’s pipeline explosion site at Egwa 11, Warri […]