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 the source: “The President is determined to provide basic amenities of life, jobs, [...]

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 located in Abonema, Rivers state. Spokesman of the militant group, Jomo Gbomo who confirmed the attack by [...]

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 leader Henry Okah conveyed a ‘welcome shift’ from the federal government after he met with President Yar’Adua [...]

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 10 days after the militants surrendered their weapons and left the creeks of Bakassi peninsula. Frank Dudu, one [...]

The assorted weapons surrendered by repentant militants under the amnesty of the Federal Government are to be destroyed in accordance with international arms convention, Sunday Vanguard can reveal. The weapons include 2,760 guns of different calibre and types, 287,445 rounds of ammunition, 18 gun boats, 763 explosives and 1,090 dynamite caps. Besides, the Joint Military [...]

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 before a Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding to know which section of the constitution gave him powers to [...]

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 (MEND) is extending its unilateral ceasefire which expired midnight (2300 GMT), September 15, 2009 [...]

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 of arms by the niger delta militants in Bayelsa has quelled speculations that the niger delta militants [...]

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 at the moment with a few of the niger delta militants having [...]

From NaijaloftNIGER DELTA UNIVERSITYWILBERFORCE ISLAND, BAYELSA STATE2009/2010 SCREENING EXERCISE1. ELIGIBILITYCandidates who chose Niger Delta University as first choice;Candidates who chose Niger Delta University as second choice;Candidates who did not choose Niger Delta University as first or second choice but wish to study in the Niger Delta University.CUT-OFF POINT : 170Registration is online on the Niger [...]