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NDDC has become a political institution, its money is only used for political purpose – Wike laments

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019Ayo Olowo

Outspoken Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) has become a political institution where funds are used for political purposes. Governor Wike also started that the Federal Government deliberately refused to constitute the NDDC Governors Advisory Committee because majority of the South-South States are controlled by […]

Massive fraud discovered in the Presidential Amnesty Office

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018Ekene Onyeama

Investigations have revealed that the 2017/2018 academic session deployment of Amnesty Beneficiaries to Nigerian universities was clouded with massive fraud and irregularities. Sources from the Amnesty Office confirmed that the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Quaker Dokubo, on assumption of office set up various committees to look into the current position […]

Navy destroys 1500 illegal refineries in Delta

July 4, 2018Eben Tanimola

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA has destroyed about 1500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta creeks in the last two months. The Commander of the ship, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri on Wednesday. Swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to traverse a swampy terrain. Dewu said the […]

13 militant groups demand removal of JTF commander for involvement in oil bunkering

June 29, 2018Ekene Onyeama

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 […]

Paul Boroh’s Sack: NDA, other militant groups threaten attacks

March 20, 2018Eben Tanimola

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 […]

What you know as oil blocks are “ancestral properties” of Niger Delta – Dickson

February 17, 2018Eben Tanimola

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Saturday called for more oil blocks to be given to the oil-producing areas because they are “the ancestral properties of Niger Delta.” Dickson said this at the foundation laying ceremony of Aziken Petroleum Refinery project at Obunagha Gbarian, Yenagoa, the state capital. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo laid the foundation […]

Kidnapped Briton killed in Niger Delta

November 6, 2017Ayo Olowo

One British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria has been killed in the Niger Delta, while three others have returned home safely, the Foreign Office in London announced Monday. The four, who were working with a Christian medical charity providing free health treatment in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, were kidnapped on October 13. Ian Squire was killed, […]

Nigerian govt. not owing foreign students in Amnesty Programme – Boroh

November 5, 2017Ayo Olowo

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. […]

‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ begins in N/Delta on Saturday

October 3, 2017Eben Tanimola

The Nigerian Army has said it would begin ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ in the Niger Delta on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director, Public Relations, said this in Port Harcourt on Monday. He said the operation would be carried out by troops of the 6 Division and will cover mainly Akwa Ibom, […]

Troops rescue soldiers, destroy kidnappers den in Niger Delta

September 22, 2017Ayo Olowo

The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops had rescued two soldiers kidnapped in the course escort duties while killing many of their abductors and destroying their shrine in Rivers State. The troops also destroyed three pump action guns, eight empty cartridges, a human skull and some bones in the shrines from where the […]