They said that the proposed Petroleum Industries Bill is anti-Niger Delta communities and a slap on the oil producing area; that the movement of university of Petroleum from Effurn to Kaduna is unacceptable. Other reasons include the absence of definite post-amnesty plan for the region which they consider crucial to the success of the deal and that the Petroleum Minister, Rilwan Lukman is anti Niger Delta.

Arguably, the law of celibacy is a late-comer in the Catholic Church and was imposed on priests and bishops. Modern scholars trace the beginnings of this tradition to the apostolic church itself.

By Emma Amaize WARRI—TOP Niger-Delta militant leader, “General” Boyloaf, yesterday, pointed accusing fingers at  some Ijaw youth leaders, who he said were visiting militant camps in the creeks and instigating  militant leaders and their boys not to accept amnesty because of the huge money they were making from the state of anarchy in the region, […]

The Director General of NEMA, AVM Mohammed Audu-Bida (rtd), disclosed this at the inaugural meeting of the panel, which has membership from the US-Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Ministry of Health, Red Cross, representatives from State Emergency Management Agency (SEMAs) from Lagos and Bauchi and NEMA zonal coordinators, Head of Press and Public Relations,Yushau Shuaib, said in a statement.

JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, yesterday, debunked the conjecture that the security outfit would arrest or kill any militant that renounced militancy and surrendered his arms and ammunition to the Presidential Committee on Amnesty.