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IT has been nearly 20 years since a group of armed militants masquerading as “herdsmen” set up camps in the Plateau region, systematically planning and attacking indigenous communities. In spite of all efforts by successive regimes at the Federal and state levels, the Plateau killings have continued unabated.
Read More The Nigerian Army has warned that it will deal decisively with political thugs, kidnappers and other criminal elements caught with weapons during the 2019 general elections.
Read More A coalition of Niger Delta militants said yesterday they were returning to the creeks to disrupt oil production in the Niger Delta, following last Tuesday’s raid on the Abuja house of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, by policemen over alleged illegal possession of arms and ammunition.
Read More WARRI—A militant group, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, which previously called off hostilities, yesterday, said it was back to the trenches over the fresh repudiation of restructuring by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at a forum in the United States of America.
Read More Public outrage has trailed the kidnap of one Akpanabia Kelvin Udoworen, a youth corps member currently serving in Birnin Kebbi, capital of kebbi State in his village in Akwa Ibom state.
Read More Again, Niger Delta militants under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators (CNDA) have warned the Federal Government to heed several calls for the restructuring of the nation, threatening to harm the major interest of the Federal Government in the region if such calls were not observed
Read More FORMER militants in the riverine areas of Ondo State, yesterday, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Ondo State government to return their guns and ammunition collected under the guise of incorporating them in the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government last year.
Read More It was a bloody weekend in Akwa Ibom as armed militants ambushed soldiers at a checkpoint at Iwukem in the volatile Etim Ekpo council, killing one soldier and five civilians, while two persons sustained injuries.
Read MoreA coalition of Niger Delta militants, yesterday, gave the Federal Government a 21-day notice over herdsmen’s killings across the country, especially the latest development in Plateau State.
Read More WARRI—NIGER-DELTA militants, yesterday, declared all National Assembly members from the region as “enemies of development,” threatening to deal with them and blow up their properties in the region for irresponsibly consenting to the cutback of funds to key infrastructural projects for the region in the 2018 budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Read More THE Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, a Niger Delta rights group, has warned the Federal Government not to compel Niger Delta militants to return to the creek over its alleged refusal to make lawful budgetary appropriations for the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Effurun, near Warri, Delta State.
Read More The Oke-Oko, Oke-Tapa and Isawo communities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have earmarked 10 acres for the construction of military barrack in the area.
Read More NIGER Delta agitators, yesterday, urged the Nigerian Army, renowned worldwide for its professionalism, to use its expertise to deal with the militia causing carnage daily in the country, which President Muhammadu Buhari identified as mercenaries trained and armed by former Libyan leader, late Muammar Gaddafi.
Read More EX-MILITANTS, on the platform of Justice Group,Tuesday, commended the Federal Government for the steps it had taken to restore peace to the Niger Delta region.
Read More THE Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, and a coalition of nine militant groups in the Niger Delta have withdrawn the four-week ultimatum they gave President Muhammadu Buhari to reinstate the sacked Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (retd) or risk fresh attacks on oil installations.
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