The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called for warring parties to bury their hatchet, and prioritize peace in Rivers State. PANDEF asked all stakeholders and parties involved to collaborate with the Peace and Reconciliation Committee. This was said during its General meeting in 24th an October, 2024. The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned a statement credited to a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on the zoning of the presidency. According to a statement by its spokesman, Hon. Ken Robinson, PANDEF said it is rather unfortunate that the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum, (PANDEF) has condemned statements credited to Islamic Cleric, Ahmad Gumi, in which he likened armed Fulani herdsmen as militants fighting for ethnic survival and not bandits. National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, in a statement said it was vexatious and a huge nonsense for Gumi to say that killer herdsmen and … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum led by Chief Edwin Clark has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, for signing the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law amidst outcry. The group said it is a very “sad and bad day” for the people of Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole, that despite the overwhelming agitation, the … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on Igbo leaders to tender Apology to Eler statesman, Chief Edwin Clark over the statement made by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). PANDEF demanded that Igbo leaders condemn the statement by IPOB in the interest of “healthy relations” between the south-east and south-south. The elder … Read more
Why oil companies won’t relocate headquarters to Niger Delta – Timipre Sylva Nigeria’s Federal Government has told states in the South-South region that multinational oil companies would not be relocating their Headquarters to the Niger Delta, citing the lack of peace as a yardstick for it’s decision. The decision was announced on Sunday by the … Read more
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. National Chairman of PANDEF, Senator Emmanuel Ibokessien made this remark on Wednesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State while reacting to a statement by the British … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has berated the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, following his anti-restructuring comments last week. The group condemned Lawan’s dismissal of the resolutions reached by the 17 Southern State Governors in the Asaba Accord, irrespective of political parties was reprehensible. PANDEF also insisted that in line with the principle of equity and … Read more
The Committee set up by Federal Government’s to appraise the Presidential Amnesty Program has come under heavy backlash and criticism from notable Niger Delta individuals and groups. This is coming on the heels of a leaked secret recommendation made by the Committee that the programme be scrapped this year. NDDC: IYC Thumbs up Forensic Audit, … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to exonerate late playwright and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, alongside eight other Ogoni leaders, who were during regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha in 1995. In a statement by its National Chairman, Senator Emmanuel Essien, PANDEF President Buhari should forgo the idea of … Read more
Tension is rising in the Niger Delta over alleged surreptitious moves to extend the tenure of the current sole administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) beyond Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Groups kicking against the secret drive are the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Urhobo Progressives Union (UPU), Pan Niger-Delta Forum (PANDEF), and the … Read more
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the oil in Nigeria belongs to the Niger Delta people. This was contained in the body’s reply to Obasanjo on comments that the oil belongs to Nigeria and not the region that produces it. The former President had in a letter to … Read more
PAN- Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of traditional rulers, leaders, and people of the coastal states of Niger Delta, yesterday, slammed the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Mr. Garba Shehu, over his statement condemning Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the ultimatum handed to criminal herdsmen to vacate forest … Read more
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum alerted that a northern president in the 2023 election could lead to a war situation between the Northern and Southern parts of the country. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Issued this warning on Tuesday night at a consultative meeting with Prince Adewale Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party Presidential … Read more
Pan-Niger Delta Development Forum has warned against the delisting of about 3,000 beneficiaries from the Presidential Amnesty Program. The organisation said that the planned winding of PAP and delisting of 3000 recipients have already sparked anxiety in the Niger Delta. PANDEF further raised its concerns in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari signed by … Read more
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 Publicity Secretary Ken Robinson gave the advice in a statement he issued on Friday in Warri, Delta. “PANDEF strongly condemned the reported attacks on police … Read more