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OPC Pleads With MEND
Dr Frederick Faseun, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Thursday, appealed to the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to desist from carrying out its bomb threat on Saturday. MEND had on Wednesday warned...
Goodluck Jonathan plans floating cities in Niger Delta
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is set to change the face of the Niger Delta with the construction of floating cities in the oil-rich region. According to sources at the Presidency, the cities are being designed to uplift the area and its people. Said...
MEND breaks ceasefire rule, attacks Shell/Chevron pipeline
ABOUT 35 militants, belonging to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), armed with rocket launchers, heavy calibre machine guns and assault rifles attacked in the early hours of today, a major Shell/Chevron crude oil pipeline...
MEND declares indefinite ceasefire
Nigeria’s main militant group the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has declared an indefinite ceasefire after negotiations with the presidency. In a press release signed by MEND spokesperson Jomo Gbomo, the group said that their...
Cameroonian soldiers kill 6 Nigerians in Bakassi
Cameroon soldiers are taking advantage of the absence of Niger Delta militants in the Gulf of Guinea by terrorising Nigerians fishing or doing business there. Just yesterday morning, the gendarmes killed six Nigerians in Bakassi territorial waters...
Amnesty – Militants Drag Yar'Adua to Court
A new twist has been added to the amnesty granted militants in the Niger Delta as some members of the Niger-Delta Peoples’ Salvation Front and the Niger-Delta People’s Volunteer Force have dragged President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua...
MEND EXTENDS CEASE FIRE BY ONE MONTH
The main armed rebel group in oil-rich southern Nigeria said early Wednesday it was prolonging by 30 days its truce which expired at midnight, but warned it was not giving up the fight.“The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta...
AMNESTY FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS GETS A BOOST AS MILITANTS SURRENDER
The Niger delta Amnesty deal spurred by the nigerian federal government has received a boost with some of the niger delta militant leaders in Bayelsa state turning in their Arms to the Presidential Amnesty Implementation committee. The submission...
AMNESTY FOR THE NIGER DELTA MILITANTS TAKES OFF
From Naijaloft The amnesty granted by the federal government to the niger delta militants kicked off on August 6 with a little success.The Disarmament process by the niger delta militants which is a core aspect of the amnesty has begun to bear fruits...
