Tag: Niger Delta

Bayelsa Communities Issue 21-Days Ultimate to SPDC, Seeks Review of Development Fund

A coalition of oil bearing communities in Bayelsa state have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC over an outstanding $14million sea Anchorage for vessels the…

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IYC Berates Factional UPU Youth Leader Over Derogatory Utterances Against Ijaws

- Tells Comrade Kelly Umukoro to apologize to Ijaw Nation - Insists that Amnesty Program is the right of Ijaws The Ijaw Youths Council of Western Zone has forewarned a…

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Zamfara Gold: You Lack Power to Proscribe Artisan Refiners, Aide Tells Buhari

A political aide to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, Comrade Ozobo Austin has told President Muhammadu Buhari he now lacks power to proscribe artisanal refineries in the Niger Delta…

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MEND Reiterates Stand on 7-Day Ultimatum to Akpabio, NDDC

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has reiterated it's commitment to the seven-day ultimatum issued to the Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs as well as…

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British Govt Should Properly Define Its Help Offer To Nigeria — PANDEF

The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has said the British government must properly define the type of help it would offer Nigeria to contain the insecurity situation in the country.…

Tension as IYC’s Ultimatum For FG to Constitute NDDC Board Expires

There is palpable tension in the Niger Delta region as the one month ultimatum issued to the Federal Government to constitute a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission…

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Niger Delta Avengers Return With Operation Humble, Promises to Cripple Nigeria Economy

Fearsome militia group, Niger Delta Avengers on Friday announced its resumption of hostilities in the region with 'Operation Humble.' In a statement published on its website, the group exercised disappointment…

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‘Dark day for Ijaw Nation,’ IYC Mourns Richman Yinbiri

The Ijaw Youth Council, Western Zone, has described the demise of Late Chief Commander Richman Yinbiri as a 'dark day for Ijaw Nation'. This was contained in a statement signed…

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‘I don’t Hate Niger Delta,’ Obasanjo Replies Clark in Open Letter

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated he is has no iota of hatred for the Niger Delta. The former Head of State made this known in an open…

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NABLOGS Calls on Bakumor Ellington to Contest For NIDSUG President

The National Association of Burutu Local Government Students, NABLOGS, has called on convsner of the Ijaw Unity Conference, Comrade Ellington Bakumor contest for the President of the Niger Delta Student…

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