ABUJA—Leader of  Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to, in the interest of peace, reverse all the appointments made at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC

Elder statesman Edwin Clark says recent media reports of a rift between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsa Gov. Seriake Dickson are mischievous.

THERE  was a   flurry of activities during the week in the Niger Delta, as concerned leaders and stakeholders, within and outside the country, weighed in with the brouhaha between the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by the former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, and Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress, PNDPC,   steered by past national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, His Majesty Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu, alias Lion of the Niger.

ABUJA—THE Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and Chief E. K. Clark were among eminent Nigerians that called for an end to hate speech by politicians and agitators.

Elder statesman Edwin Clark on Tuesday condemned the Biafra agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu.

YENAGOA – THE Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, a militant group in the Niger Delta, Tuesday, rejected the call by the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress, PNDPC, and the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, on the former Federal Commissioner for Information and Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Senator Edwin Clark, to step aside as Leader of the oil region.

South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC, to come out of its closet on restructuring.

THE Pan Niger Delta Peoples’ Congress, PNDPC, yesterday,  accepted the call by agitators and people of  the Niger Delta to give the region a more vibrant leadership, urging leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF,  Chief Edwin Clark, to bow out and allow younger leaders to pilot the affairs of the region. 

IT was like a bolt from the blue when a coalition of nine militant groups, convened by the leader of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, self- styled “Major General Johnmark Ezonbi, announced the withdrawal of the approval given to the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of Niger Delta region, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, by militants in the Niger Delta, penultimate weekend.

RIGHTS group, Centre for the vulnerable and the underprivileged, (Centrep) has accused some Niger Delta leaders of allegedly “commercialising the Niger Delta struggle” following the division among splinter groups involved in the struggle.

COALITION of Niger Delta militant groups, which recently withdrew its mandate to the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, announced a new set of leaders under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Peoples Congress, PNDPC, to dialogue with the Federal Government on behalf of the people of the oil region.

ABUJA—AHEAD of tomorrow’s non-election convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the party to ensure that the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee does not stay in office for more than three months.

CONVENER and National Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has explained that one of the major reasons for the recent tension in the Niger Delta region, was that every week, the people hear of allocations of billions of naira, evidently from improved government earnings from oil, by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to projects in other parts of the country with nothing given back to the region.

CONVENER and national leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, cautioned militants threatening to recommence bombing of oil installations and declare a Republic of Niger Delta, October 1, on account of Federal Government alleged apathy to the peace process in the region, to back out of the dangerous plot.

Two groups, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and Niger Delta People’s Congress (NDPC), have cautioned Ijaw leader Edwin Clark against issuing ultimatum to federal government over demands of Niger Delta people.