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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They came from nowhere. Unlike previous militant groups in the embattled Niger Delta region, the latest and most deadly, have no prominent personalities among their ranks, nor obvious sources of funding. Some deduce the Niger Delta Avengers aren’t even a militia force in their own right – but a proxy for rebel leader Government Ekpemupolo […]
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed that a team negotiating on behalf of the Federal Government for a return of peace to the oil-rich delta had agreed to release several detained or imprisoned militants, including Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Henry Okah, a MEND chieftain […]
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has criticised the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, for threatening the use of force in the Niger Delta. Mr. Buratai had on Monday warned that the government will use force if efforts at talks with militants in the region fail. He spoke in Port […]
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Niger Delta militants have rejected the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as their envoy group to hold talks with the federal government concerning crisis in the ares. The groups also demanded President Muhammadu Buhari to name a high-powered government Dialogue Team within three weeks Among the opposers of the MEND’s leadership are Ultimate Warriors and the Niger Delta Revolutionary […]
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the corruption trial of one of its commanders, Government ‘Tompolo’ Ekpemupolo, saying he has the capacity to stop the incessant blowing of pipelines in the region. MEND said Tompolo wills powerful influence in the Niger Delta, and […]
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The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders have said that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is no longer relevant in the current agitation spear-headed by the Niger Delta Avengers. The group in a statement said, “Let us placed on record the role of former militant leaders such Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, ex-MEND leader, […]
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has given conditions for the inclusion of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in its negotiating team for the proposed dialogue with Federal Government towards the resolution of the latest crisis in the Niger Delta. The conditions were announced in a statement issued by the group […]
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NIGER Delta Avengers, NDA, Tues night, said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, is obsolete urged the public to discountenance statements from the group. Spokesperson of the group, Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo in a statement, said: “We appeal to the general public and all sane minds on the activities of Niger Delta […]
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The Delta State Deputy Governor, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro has said that the renewed onslaught on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region by militants could cripple the economy of region and Nigeria as a whole if it is not nipped in the bud, just as he calls for synergy between host communities, oil companies and […]
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