Niger Delta fragile peace threaten as militants, Army prepare for “major war”: Group condemns invasion of Gbaramtu Kingdom

                                        Niger Delta militants on Saturday threatened ‘war’ while dissociating themselves from the meeting elders from the oil-rich region had with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, last Tuesday. Apart from distancing themselves from the meeting, they warned the Federal Government not to rejoice yet over the recent rise in oil production in the country, threatening […]

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Urhobo, Niger Delta and NDGJM by Sunny Awhefeada

Come Saturday October 29, 2016, Urhobo youths will gather in Warri for the Urhobo youth summit organised by the youth wing of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU). The youths deserve plaudits for holding such a summit. It is hoped that the outcome will galvanise the Urhobo people onto the path of a glorious dawn. One […]

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Militant group threatens Shell over reopening of bombed Trans-Forcados pipeline

Unrepentant militant group causing havoc on major pipelines in the delta in recent times, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate has warned Shell Petroleum and Development Company, an Anglo-Dutch subsidiary, against reopening the Trans-Forcados pipeline earlier attacked by the Niger Delta Avengers. The group, on Saturday threatened that no matter of military shield would stop it […]

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New militant group threatens to blow up more pipelines, demands inclusion in negotiations

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGM) has vowed to blow up more oil installations, if government does not meet its demand for inclusion in negotiations with other militant groups. Spokesman of the group, one General Aldo Agbalaja, said the destruction of a delivery trunk line from Isoko to the Eriemu Manifold, belonging to the […]

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New Niger Delta militants fulfill threat, blows up oil facility in Delta as Northern group appeals for ceasefire

A new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, which threatened to blow up oil installations in the upland of the Niger Delta region, on Wednesday, made good its threat. The group reportedly blew up a major trunk line operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Isoko, which feeds Eriemu Manifold. NDGJM claimed responsibility […]

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