Kayode Fayemi, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State has warned suspected uniformed militants and hoodlums camping around the state to leave before the election. Fayemi warned of severe consequences if they fail to vacate the state before Saturday’s election. Speaking during an interview programme on Voice 89.9FM […]
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13 Niger Delta militants groups have called for the sack of Apochi Suleiman, commander of the joint task force (JFT), over his alleged involvement in oil bunkering. In a statement signed by the 13 militant groups on Thursday, the coalition said it had investigated allegations against the current leadership of the JTF and found it […]
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The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers and nine other militant groups have given the federal government four weeks to reinstate the sacked Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Retired General Paul Boroh. The militants warned that they would unleash fresh attacks on oil installations and facilities across the Niger Delta region if the sack of Boroh was […]
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The federal government has offered employment to 350 ex-agitators from the Niger Delta region, who graduated from various tertiary institutions across the world. Paul Boroh, coordinator, presidential amnesty programme, PAP, made this known when he newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Boroh, who doubles as the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, said the […]
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A coalition of militant groups in Ondo State on Friday gave oil companies operating in the state three days to leave over non-enrollment of their members in the Federal Government Amnesty Programme. General Akinfemi Raymond, the secretary of the coalition, gave the ultimatum in Akure while addressing journalists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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Residents of Ndoro community in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state fled their homes following the alleged beheading of a security operative by militants. The murdered security official was reportedly negotiating with militants in the area to surrender their arms. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, commissioner for information and orientation, told the residents that there was no […]
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Chief of naval staff (CNS), Ibok-Ete Ibas, says the Nigerian navy is fully prepared to deal with any group trying to vandalise the nation’s assets. Ibas said this on Monday when he visited the Nigerian Navy Engineering College in Sapele, Delta. His statement comes two days after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant group in […]
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The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Office, Paul Boroh, says the beneficiaries on the offshore programme abroad have been paid their school fees, upkeeps and other allowances. Mr. Boroh, retired brigadier general, disclosed this in a statement by the Director of Information, Amnesty Office, Charles Dafe, on Saturday in Abuja. […]
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Sixteen Egyptian policemen were killed in a shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the Bahariya oasis in the Western Desert, the interior ministry said Saturday, in a rare flare-up outside the Sinai Peninsula. Funerals were held in several provinces for those killed, whose coffins were wrapped in Egyptian flags. The official toll […]
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Igo Weli, general manager, external relations of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) stated that the remitted $29.8 billion to the federation account and $1.2 billion to Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2002 and 2016. He made the disclosure on Monday while reacting to the shut down of SPDC flow station and gas plant in […]
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