Tag: Militants
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Niger Delta militants suspend quit notice to Yoruba, northerners
A coalition of Niger Delta militants on Friday withdrew the quit notice issued to Northerners and Yorubas in the region. A group, the Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress (PNDPC), said the issuers of the quit notice gave them the mandate to withdraw it. The militant groups appointed His Royal Majesty Pere Ayemi-Botu, paramount ruler of…
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It’s power devolution or N’Delta Republic, militants tell FG
A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups on Saturday expressed readiness to fight for the Niger Delta Republic if the Federal Government failed to embrace devolution of power and fiscal federalism. The militants, who spoke under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, stated that they were prepared to mobilise other agitating groups…
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22,430 repentant cultists surrender arms in Rivers
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Monday that the State’s amnesty programme witnessed 22, 430 repentant cultists surrendered 911 assorted arms to the amnesty Committee. Wike dropped the hint at a Town Hall meeting and accountability Forum to mark his administration’s second year anniversary in Port Harcourt. He stated that the amnesty programme had…
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FG to engage Niger Delta ex-agitators in sports activities
The Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, said engaging ex-agitators in sports activities would offer many opportunities that would develop their spirit of volunteerism and patriotism. Boroh disclosed this in Uyo on Sunday during a meeting with the SIA’one Soccer Academy to reintegrate some ex-agitators and youths in the Niger Delta region. He…
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Pirates kill 2 soldiers, injure 3 in Bayelsa waterways
Two soldiers attached to the Joint Military Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, died in a gun duel with sea pirates on Wednesday, an official has confirmed. The soldiers were part of a team dispatched in response to a distress call on an attack by pirates operating in Southern Ijaw Local Government…
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Militants using #OtodoGbame as base, LASG justifies demolition exercise
The Lagos State Government has justified Sunday’s invasion of Otodo Gbame, a riverine community in the state. In a statement via its Twitter account, @LAGOSGMT1, the governor’s monitoring team said the decision was taken in the best interest of Lagosians. The team added that militants had turned the community to their operational base. It said,…
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If govt asks for our help, we will fight militants – OPC
The Oodua Peoples Congress has put up a defence over its inaction against the Niger Delta militants, suspected to be the brains behind the latest attack on Isheri North Estate GRA in Lagos, in which a landlord was kidnapped and three security guards killed. Leader of the group, Gani Adams, who has been credited in…
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Exclusive: Osinbajo secretly meets Tompolo other N/Delta agitators
The presidency’s fact-finding team, headed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo , yesterday had a closed door meeting with ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo and other Niger Delta agitators. The fact finding team was set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to visit the troubled Niger Delta region and obtain first-hand information from the people in…
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Militants accept Buhari’s call for peace, say we’re ready for dialogue
…Condemns calls for SGF’s resignation Sequel to President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal to the Niger Delta militants to tread the part of honour and come to the negotiating table, the militants have expressed their readiness to dialogue with the Federal Government. The militants said the decision to embrace dialogue was reached after a meeting held on…