A Nigerian militant group whose attacks on energy facilities in the Niger Delta last year helped push Africa’s biggest economy into recession said on Friday it had ended its ceasefire. The Niger Delta Avengers announced a halt to hostilities in August 2016, although they carried out attacks in October and November last year. “Niger Delta […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he would never complain about the situation in which he found Nigeria after assuming the leadership of the country, noting that he prayed hard to God to enable him to become Nigeria’s president. President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he would never complain about the situation in which he […]
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Niger Delta militants, the Niger Delta Peoples Professional Volunteer Force have threatened to launch an IED attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Towers in the Federal Capital Territoty Abuja, if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) went ahead to arrest former First Lady, Patience Jonathan over the USD15m found in her bank […]
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Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on Sunday, dismissed reports that the group nominated Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka to head its dialogue team with the Federal Government. Reports recently had it that the group which had claimed responsibility for several attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region, picked Soyinka to head its […]
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The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, has reeled out the damages inflicted on Nigeria’s oil industry by militants in Niger Delta. He said the activities of the terrorists on NNPC’s pipelines have become unbearable, and had led to substantial decline in the country’s crude oil production. “The 2016 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said though Militancy in the Niger Delta has impacted negatively on the economy and turned international and local investors away from the country, stating that his government will not use real force, “unless constrained to do so.” The President had in the past said the Niger Delta militants will be treated […]
Read More A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a wave of attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, said it was ready for a ceasefire and a dialogue with the government. The restive southern swampland region has been rocked by violence against oil and gas pipelines since the start of the year, reducing the OPEC […]
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Two Nigerian state-owned oil pipelines were blown up in the delta region Friday in attacks blamed on the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group, a local security official said Saturday. “The attacks targeted two pipelines located in the same zone,” an official for the Department of State Security (DSS) told AFP. “Both belonged to the […]
Read More Warning to the Niger Delta Avengers from the Nigerian police stated that its a treasonable offence declaring Republic from the nation Nigeria. The Force Public Relations Officer, Donald Awunah, stated that the security agencies would not allow any action that might lead to a breakdown of law and order in any part of the country. […]
Read More The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has restated its threat to create a Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria, should the Federal Government fail to consider calls for the restructuring of the country. In a statement dispatched electronically to the media Thursday by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, the group suggested an October 1 ultimatum, hinging […]
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A group, the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari knows exactly what to do to end the Niger Delta crisis arising from militancy. UNDEDSS Secretary, Mr. Tony Uranta, who made this disclosure, said they had drawn up proposals that capture the interests of all the parties […]
Read More The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have challenged the Nigeria military to engage them in the creeks where they live. The militants, who accused the army and navy of arresting and killing innocent people in the Niger Delta in the guise of looking for them in towns and cities. According to the Avengers, military harassment of towns […]
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