Tag: Niger Delta

Presidential aide, Kinglsey Kuku, said insecurity will return to Niger Delta if President Jonathan quits. A presidential aide has warned ...

MEND had threatened to attack Mosques and Islamic Organisations from May 31. The Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley ...

Nigeria will lose another N83bn between May and June to the crude theft. A drop in crude oil production in ...

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

The opposition party said the government has to act fast. The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned that escalating ...

The spokesperson of the JTF said this on Friday. The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has arrested ...

MEND appears to make good its threat to resume attacks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, ...

The militant group is angered by the jailing of Henry Okah in South Africa. There was palpable tension in many parts ...

The JTF said its efforts have led to a reduction of daily oil theft. The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said crude ...

The former Information Minister said the Nigerian government should pay more attention to the insurgency. The Northern Economic Summit Group, ...

MEND described the sentence as the height of injustice to its region and people. The armed militant group, Movement for ...

JTF says the quantity of oil Shell claims is being stolen is doubtful. The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the ...

Jonathan says since Boko Haram is a faceless group, the members cannot be granted amnesty. Talatu Usman President Goodluck Jonathan ...

The senate is currently debating the Petroleum Industry Bill. The various oil blocs that were awarded to Nigerians in the ...

Militancy and crude oil theft is on the increase in the Niger Delta part of Nigeria. The Presidential Amnesty Office ...

Shell said it is witnessing an “unprecedented” level of crude oil theft in Nigeria. The failure of the federal government ...

The youth want full incorporation into the oil and gas industry. Niger Delta youth on Thursday warned Nigerian government and ...

The JTF said it was carrying out a directive by the Nigerian President. Ex-militants and other residual groups in Delta ...

The MOU, Total says, is aimed at uplifting the quality of life in the communities hosting the company’s operations. Total ...

About 30,000 former militants are currently enjoying the Nigerian amnesty programme The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger ...

Niger Delta militants react to Okah's conviction in South Africa. Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, the umbrella body ...

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta has many corrupt officers, the out-going commander, Johnson Ochoga, said on Friday. ...

The group accused the NDDC boss of non-payment of contractors. A youth group in the Niger Delta region has tasked ...

The Nigerian oil chief was abducted in Port- Harcourt. A senior staff of the Pipelines Products Marketing Company, PPMC, Okrika ...

The crew members said they were under duress from gunmen to load the vessel.