The government has battled militants for control of oil in the region for years and there’s no clear indication it’ll stop anytime soon. Despite being the centre of Nigeria’s oil production, the Niger Delta region has been anything but peacefully thriving. The country sits on top of one of the largest oil reserves in the […]
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Deputy Governor of Delta State and Chair, Delta State Advocacy Committee Against Vandalism of Oil and Gas Facilities, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has appealed to the Niger Delta Avengers to sheathe their swords and come to the dialogue table. The NDA hinted days ago of intention to attack critical oil assets in resumed programme […]
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The Niger Delta Avengers has on Wednesday announced its plan to resume deadly attacks on oil installations and facilities in Nigeria’s oil-rich region. Spokesperson of the militant group Murdoch Agbinibo in a statement which was published on the group’s website said the round of attacks will be the “most deadly and will be targeting […]
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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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Suspected oil rebels attacked a gas pipeline in Nigeria’s restive south, breaking a fragile truce between them and the government, an oil company spokesman told AFP Tuesday but the Gbaramatu Traditional Council stated that the Nigerian Gas Company, NGC pipeline may have ruptured due to equipment failures The attack on a pipeline operated by the […]
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Just weeks ago, Nigeria’s junior oil minister said output was almost back to normal after a year of devastating attacks against the major African oil producer. But now it seems Emmanuel Kachikwu spoke way too soon about the 2.1 million barrel per day figure. Hours after President Muhammadu Buhari held talks with representatives from the […]
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The Niger Delta militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers(NDA) said on Sunday the continued presence of the Nigerian military in the Niger Delta region was the immediate trigger for the recent attacks on oil and gas facilities. The Avengers spoke out days after the oil minister, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, urged militants to stop further attacks. Kachikwu’s […]
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The Niger Delta Avengers have congratulated the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump, on his electoral victory in the Presidential elections held on Tuesday. The Avengers said Trump’s victory brought hope to the agitation for the economic emancipation and fiscal federalism in the region. In a electronic mail sent to reporters late […]
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LEADER of the Pan-Niger Delta Coastal States Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has condemned in very strong terms, the bombing of the Bonny Export( 48) inch pipeline on Friday by members of the Niger Delta Avengers. In a statement, the Elder Statesman who noted that there was no […]
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Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has opened up on his discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Soyinka’s meeting with the president on that day was scheduled as private and took place in the Buhari’s office. He arrived at the villa and went straight in for the meeting with […]
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