A new approach for Niger Delta – Timi Alaibe’s Perspective
There has been a deliberate policy by successive Nigerian governments to keep the Niger Delta question permanently in the back burner of national discourse, as far as the issue of the country’s socio-economic development is concerned.
Dialogue: Presidency splits N-Delta leaders, stakeholders
NIGER Delta leaders and stakeholders were divided, yesterday, on the last minute resolution by the Presidency not to dialogue with the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, boasting in its ranks, former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah and ex-military governor of old Rivers State, HRM King Alfred Diete-Spiff.
FG not using N29bn to counter N-Delta militancy —Budget Ministry
The Federal Government has faulted a leader of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum’s claim that N29 billion had been set aside in this year’s budget to tackle militancy in the Niger Delta.
N-Delta waterways now secure- Kingsley Muturu, ex-militant leader
Mr. Kingsley Muturu is Delta State Chairman, Phase 2 Ex-militants under the Federal Government amnesty programme. In this interview, he speaks on the appointment of the National Coordinator, Niger Delta Riverine Protection Programme, NDRPP, Mr. Tikari Danjuma.
Effective policing and surveillance helped reduce crime in N/Delta- FOC
Due to sustained efforts of naval personnel in policing and surveillance of the maritime sector, crime has reduced in the Niger Delta region.
Security votes on N-Delta enough to develop the region—Pereotubo
By Aniema Umoh A Niger Delta activist, Mr Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has called on the Federal Government and multinational oil companies operating in the region to expend their security votes on the human capital and infrastructural development of the region rather than waste them on security they cannot guarantee. Pereotubo, a presidential aspirant for Ijaw Youth Council, […]
Niger Delta: Okowa calls for more synergy among stakeholders
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday called for more synergy among stakeholders in the Niger Delta region in tackling the myriad of security challenges in the area. Okowa made the call when he received the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj.- Gen. Kasimu Abdulkarim and his team in Asaba. […]
Niger-Delta people won’t sleep over their rights – Edwin Clark
Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, 88, lawyer, former Federal Commissioner for Information and senator, in this interview, speaks on several issues afflicting the Niger Delta area and proffers the way forward
Why Niger Delta needs new leaders and why the world can’t afford Hillary Clinton to lose
When the “greatest democ racy on earth” appears to hesitate in a choice between a demagogue and a competent woman, one knows that signs of a bigger problem have long been ignored.
NIGER-DELTA: Militant groups’ rivarly threatens peace process
WHEN President Muhammadu Buhari met, last Tuesday, with Niger Delta leaders at Aso Villa, Abuja, one of the matters he raised at his three-hour closed-door meeting was that there was no assurance that the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, which swanked about its mandate from militants, could guarantee peace in the region, as the boys struck few days to the meeting.
Presidency kick-starts Niger Delta peace process as Kachikwu announces 7-point programme to end crisis
The Presidency has commenced moves to find lasting peace in the Niger Delta and has announced a seven point programme to guarantee peace in the region and end militancy-induced disruption of oil and gas production by the middle of 2017.
