Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency on Sunday said the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Islamic State media outlet said the perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub attack was a member of the extremist organisation. “The armed […]
Continue ReadingAs the federal government struggles with the menace of the Niger Delta Avengers, a new militant group, Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta, has emerged with a threat to continue to attack oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta region unless the Nigerian government agrees to award 60 per cent oil blocs to the people of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on blowing up a crude oil pipeline belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, in the early hours today, tweeted: “This is to inform the general public that we are not negotiating with any Committee. If Federal Government is discussing with any group they’re doing that on their own” It said […]
Continue ReadingFormer Delta Waterways Security Chairman and renowned Niger Delta activist, Chief Ayiri Emami has lambasted those calling for the immediate take-off of Nigerian Maritime University, NMU in Warri-South West Local Government Area, Delta State as condition for dialogue with the Federal Government by the so called Niger Delta Avengers and its allies over their attacks […]
Continue ReadingBy Joe Igbokwe All things considered, the Niger Delta Avengers are no different from the Boko Haram criminality in the Northern part of Nigeria, and if I wanted to be too strict, I would say that the Niger Delta Avengers are more deadly, more destructive, more dangerous and consequently more devilish. Boko Haram has been […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), a defunct militia group led by the late John Togo, has urged the embattled former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, to surrender himself to the Federal Government. The group also Urged the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to call off their campaigns and accept dialogue as nobody can […]
Continue ReadingA statement issued by the Nigerian Army, through its spokesman, Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, said a commercial tricycle, locally called Keke NAPEP, detonated a bomb when it unknowingly ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the side of the Biu-Damboa road, close to a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Biu town, Borno […]
Continue ReadingBaba Ngelzerma, the secretary general, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body for cattle breeders in Nigeria, has appealed to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, to relax the ban on herdsmen and their grazing cattle. Speaking on Channels Television, Ngelzerma asked the governor to show statesmanship, blaming most of the attacks on “criminals”. […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, not less than 148 people were killed in bombings credited to the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria. These attacks are described as the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Army has described as breakthrough, the killing of Boko Haram’s Chief Bomb Maker, while another got blind. Read full statement: In what will be described as a major breakthrough in the clearance and rescue operation by the Nigerian military and to also confirm that all is not well within the Boko Haram terrorists […]
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