Tag: MEND
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Ijaw congress inaugurates committee on pipeline surveillance contract
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) on Friday inaugurated a committee to interface with some angry youth groups over the pipeline surveillance contract re-awarded to Chief Government Ekpemupolo. Newsmen reports that Ekpemupolo, an ex-militant leader is a former commander of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), also known as Tompolo.
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Tompolo, a true patriot of the Niger Delta – Muoboghare
A former Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Primary School Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare has described ex-militant commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo as a true patriot of the Niger Delta region. Prof. Muoboghare made the remarks at a Colloquium/Book Presentation in honour of…
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Prof. Darah: 13% derivation means 87% deprivation
The struggle for resource control and discourse on derivation principle took centre stage as Niger Delta political heavyweights gathered in honour of Professor Godini Gabriel Darah at the Petroleum Training Institution (PTI) Conference Centre, Effurun, Delta state. TheNewsGuru reports Prof. Darah at the Colloquium/Book Presentation said the 13% derivation accruing to oil producing states means…
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Malabu oil deal: Jonathan disgraced us, he must appear before Reps – MEND
The controversies surrounding the Malabu oil deal maybe far from nearing its end as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday supported the decision by the House of Representatives to summon former President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before it and give personal accounts of what he knows about the deal.…