The Niger Delta Avengers has on Wednesday said it will resume deadly attacks on oil installations and facilities in the oil-rich region in the country. Murdoch Agbinibo, the spokesperson of the militant group in a statement which was published on the group’s website said the round of attacks will be the “most deadly and will […]
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The federal government has asked the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to be patient, stating that all issues of concerns will be attended to. The government said this in reaction to a threat by the militants to resume attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. Speaking with state house correspondents in Abuja on Monday, […]
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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 Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has announced a suspension of its ceasefire with the federal government. In a statement on Friday, Murdoch Agbinibo, the group’s spokesman, said the group would renew hostilities. The militant said the fresh attacks would be worse than those of 2016. “We can assure you that every oil installation in our […]
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The Niger Delta Avengers, on Friday signified its intention to resume hostilities, as the group declared “Operations Walls of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua”. In a statement by the spokesman for the group, Brigadier General Mudoch Agbinibo, published on its website, the militant group urged its fighters to be in “high readiness in your webs of […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have agreed to dialogue with the federal government to resolve the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region. Ballantyne Agiri, spokesman for the dialogue group, said this in a signed statement on Wednesday. Agiri said that the NDA had constituted contact and a dialogue group to engage the federal government […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers militant group on Friday, denied the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration was holding talks with the militants in other to reach a possible compromise. In a statement, the group said it was not aware of any ongoing peace talks. It said the militants would only hold peace talks […]
Continue ReadingDuring the weekend, the minister for youths and sports, Solomon Dalung, talked about his meeting with the leadership of the Niger Delta Avengers, in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta state, where he also met with stakeholders in the community. The minister said the militants gave him a sealed letter to hand over to President Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingA militant group in Niger Delta, Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) has threatened that it would declare the Niger Delta region an independent republic on August 1, 2016. according to an online news platform, Independentnig the militant group on Sunday, gave the Nigerian government an ultimatum to withdraw all its personnel and establishment from the region […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Niger Delta militants to consider the unity of the country and give “Nigeria a chance”. The president however, restated his determination to keep Nigeria as one, noting that the nation’s unity is non-negotiable. He said this at the presidential villa when he received a delegation of Abuja residents led by […]
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