There are too many plans. So which of these plans are we planning to use to plan? – Hilda Dokubo, Nollywood Actress, at 2017 Niger Delta Development Forum.

A nongovernmental organization, Nation First Foundation, NFF, Friday, cautioned youth from the Niger Delta region to stop insulting their elders and leaders from the region.

SOME leaders and elders from the Niger Delta region have asked the Federal Government to utilise the three months ceasefire extension declared by the Niger Delta Avengers to prove it is committed to the development of the region.

AFTER a lull, bad news is once again coming from the creeks of the Niger Delta. Just as some militant groups served notice of their intention to resume the destruction of pipelines and other facilities in the oil-rich region, the sad news came of the death of a British missionary, Mr Ian Squire, in the hands of his kidnappers.

THE Federal Government has documented fresh 7,000 repentant agitators and 13,000 local refinery operators from Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Ondo states for inclusion on the Expanded Presidential Amnesty Programme, E-PAP, for Niger Delta agitators.

FOLLOWING the threat by Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, to resume bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta region, the Paramount Ruler of Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Joseph Timiyan, has said the Federal Government’s neglect of oil producing communities will continue to fuel agitations in the Niger Delta.

The Buhari administration, in line with its New Vision for the Niger Delta (#NDNewVision), is working hard to ensure that the people of the region benefit maximally from the wealth of their land.

WARRI—PRESIDENT of Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Mr Esimaje Awani, has warned that if care was not taken, the approach of the Federal Government to the resolution of the Niger Delta crisis would exacerbate it.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Central Naval Command (CNC), Rear Adm. Bello Al-hassan, on Tuesday said the Navy had deployed seven ships and 37 patrol boats for martime security drill in the Niger Delta.

Participants at an international conference on rivers and deltas in Africa, Wednesday said the management and challenges of ecosystem could be better addressed through integrated and multi-sectoral framework.

WHEN T.Y. Bello (Toyin Sofekun-Bello) sang: “The land is green, is green, oh oh oh; the land is green, is green, can’t you see” she might have had the Niger Delta in mind. No part of our country is more lush fully green than the Niger Delta with its all-year round rainfall.  Even in times of tragic oil pollution, some plants stubbornly sprout with their green coated in oil, as if to say, ‘this land is ours’

SECUTITY experts have warned that the territorial integrity of the country might be at risk if the Federal Government did not come up with a comprehensive strategy to address the myriads of problems facing the Niger Delta region.

As part of the entrepreneurial drive geared toward creating an enabling environment for the development of the 30,000 ex-agitators’ potentials in different vocational skill, the Federal Government through its Amnesty Programme has created indirect jobs for over 200 Niger Delta ex-agitators in Nigeria.

The joint military force deployed to the Niger Delta on Friday said it freed two of its soldiers and four civilians abducted by suspected Niger Delta militants.

 Niger Delta Youth Governance Monitoring Group, has condemned the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for poor outing at the National Council on Niger Delta meeting held in Akure.