A group, Federated Niger-Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC), yesterday deplored the contention of some members of Ijaw Youth Leadership Forum (IYLF) at a recent meeting in Delta State that militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, would not surrender arms, saying it was against the position of the entire people of Gbaramatu kingdom to which Tompolo belongs.

By Peter Okhiria Former Minister of Information, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, has dismissed reports linking the Orodje of Okpe, Orhue 1, to the Leaders of Thought of Okpe Kingdom. In a telephone chat with Vanguard yesterday, Prof. Oyovbaire said while members of the group met in Sapele, last weekend, to deliberate on issues relating to the […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI-No fewer than five persons have been reported dead while more than five others are presently on danger list, following two separate road traffic accidents recorded during the Sallah holidays in Imo State. Confirming the sad story to Vanguard in a telephone interview, the Imo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—Barely twelve days to the end of the Federal Government’s amnesty to Niger Delta militants, a man in his late 30s, who claimed to be a militant/human rights activist yesterday surrendered eight rustic arms and one hundred and ninety two ammunitions to the Bayelsa State chapter of the Presidential Amnesty Implementation Committee. […]

Delta State governor has taken steps to stem the looming hostilities among over twenty communities in Burutu local government area making claims to have been negatively impacted upon by the operations of Agip oil company in its “Ekrepene Deep A oil well location.