Tag: ex-militants

The former militants said they surrendered their guns during the Federal Amnesty programme, coordinated by the Ondo State Government in ...

“Why are they not paying us in Ondo State. Do they want us to go back to our vomits?"

"We had to actually shut down because of their aggressiveness," an official at the training centre says

The ex-militants submitted their weapons under the federal government amnesty programme in November.

The report would help the government to achieve more sustainable peace, stability and development in the Niger Delta region.

The ex-militant said the farm received 300 bags of paddies from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.

“Niger Delta ex-militants under the amnesty programme are being owed five months arrears of stipends."

He said the training would create jobs and wealth for the youth.

The government praises the beneficiaries for doing well at school.

"The Amnesty Office has opened a 24 – Hour Call Centre where individuals can make enquiries".

The amnesty office says the payments will be made in batches.

“Some at Igbinedion University are being barred to write their final year examinations."

“Making 2015 the end of the Presidential Amnesty Programme spells more trouble for our region and the nation.”

The militants say they had on August 3, 2012 written to President Jonathan and the National Security Adviser (NSA), demanding ...

The militants are becoming increasingly influential and moving up the political ladder in a number of Niger Delta states

The ex-militants say the governor plans to hijack a contract meant for oil bearing communities.

The former militants say Mr. Jonathan has performed well.

The shooting came amid an upsurge in kidnapping and gun attack sin Baylesa State

Group asks people to shun violence The ex-militants in Bayelsa State have applauded the policies and programmes of the state ...

By Debo Oshundun Sixteen ex-Niger Delta militants have received the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) from the Afrika Union Aviation Academy (AUAA) ...

The weapons will be destroyed by the Nigerian Army. The inter-agency task force on the amnesty programme has handed over ...

The state government complained to some Nigerian lawmakers. Akwa Ibom Government said on Monday in Uyo that its slot in ...

The training is part of efforts to address the gap in manpower development in the aviation sector. The Presidential Amnesty Office ...

The suspects are to be charged to court A waterways vigilante group run by former militants in Ondo state, weekend, ...

Some of the suspected Lagos pipeline vandals were arrested. Suspected pipeline vandals at Majidun, Lagos, on Monday engaged officers of ...