Suspected militants who are loyal to a group called Biafra Nations League, BNL, have reportedly shot dead two escorts of an oil vessel near Cameroonian waters. The incident according to eyewitnesses, happened at about 4am in the Idabato subdivision of the Bakassi Peninsula, an area controlled by Cameroon. Witnesses said …
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An advocacy group in the Niger Delta, the Grassroots Initiative for Peace and Social Orientation, has advised the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to stop frustrating the peace process in the region. GIPSO said the minister’s alleged selective town hall meetings with some groups and ex-militant …
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A soldier, Musa Lawal, attached to the 13th Brigade of the Nigerian Army was on Thursday kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the busy Calabar Road in Calabar, Cross River State. Lawal had just stepped out of the bank when the gunmen bundled him into a waiting vehicle and whisked him …
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The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July 11 at …
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Militants bombed a state-run oil pipeline in southern Nigeria Monday causing massive spills, in the latest attack on the country’s oil infrastructure, said an industry official. “The pipeline is operated by the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) at Batan near Warri. It was blown up early yesterday (Monday),” a …
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To facilitate development in the Niger Delta region, South-East and South South lawmakers have called on the Federal Government to review the ownership structure of oil wells in the country to allow for 65 per cent ownership by the people of the region. The lawmakers also condemned the criminal and …
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FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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