Tag: Niger Delta

Ijaws Are Majority in Delta, Rivers – Rep Pondi

The Ijaw tribe has been declared an absolute majority in the Niger Delta by Julius Pondi. The declaration is a rebuttal to Nyesom Wike’s claims that Ijaws are minority in…

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PAP Coordinator: NIDSUG Makes Case For Ex-Agitators, Recommends Torughedi

The Niger Delta Students Union Government (NIDSUG), has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to appoint an ex-agitator with a proven track records to head the Presidential Amnesty Program.…

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NDDC Probe: Senate Calls For Sack of IMC, Seeks Refund of ₦4.9bn

The Nigerian Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) following alleged financial recklessness.…

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General Alamene Spits Fire Over Ogboinbiri Marginalization by Agip

Demands for Pipeline Security Surveillance Contract A foremost freedom fighter and self-styled General, Alamene Jackson from has expressed his dissatisfaction over an alleged marginalization of Ogboinbiri community by Agip oil…

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Nigeria @60: A Nation in Search of Her Soul;  The Niger Delta Perspective

By Peter Igbifa On the Ist of October, 1960 the Union Jack was lowered and the Nigerian flag was flown at full mast with pride, signaling the commencement of a…

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IPDI Backs Calls For Relocation of Presidential Amnesty Office To Niger Delta

The Ijaw People's Development initiative, IPDI, renowned for it's agitations towards the development of the Niger Delta has thrown its weight behind the calls for relocation of the Presidential Amnesty…

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PANDEF Reacts To Attacks on Police Formations

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned wave of attacks on police personnel and facilities in the country, calling on the perpetrators to stop their criminal activities. PANDEF’s National…

Group Condemns Timipre Sylva For Tagging Niger Delta Unsafe For Oil Companies

A foremost Niger Delta renowned pressure group known as the Niger Delta Creek Movement, NDCM, has condemned the minister for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva on his recent comments describing the…

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Ijaws Will Not Join Any Section of Nigeria to Fight An Avoidable War

By Wisdom Oniekpar Ikuli Since the inception of the Nigerian State, Ijaw people have been the highest victims. Despite the large population of Ijaw people who were deliberately balkanized into…

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Breaking: Akpabio Submits NDDC Forensic Audit Report to FG

Akpabio Submits NDDC Forensic Audit Report Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has presented a final report of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission from…

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