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Abuja And Tokunbo Adedoja in Lagos — Following his release from prison at the weekend, the Federal Government is set to engage former governor of Bayelsa State, DSP Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, in its peace moves in the restive Niger Delta, THISDAY has learnt.
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Lagos — Niger Delta freedom fighters under the umbrella of Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) addressed the news media recently. Its public affairs coordinator, Cynthia Whyte gave these details obtained by Sunday Champion. Excerpts:
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This is the second instalment of the paper given at a public lecture at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State by Professor Emenyonu, head, Department of Accounting, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The first part was published in our last edition.
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Lagos — WHEN will the travails of former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Dipreye Alamieyeseigha, end? This question certainly would be on the lips of many Nigerians especially his kinsmen.
Yenagoa — MAJOR militant groups in the Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and Ijaw National Congress (INC) yesterday flayed the deportation of former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha from Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Warri — NIGER-DELTA Freedom Fighters (NDFF), the militant group in Egbema kingdom of Delta State, which kidnapped four American workers of the Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), May 8, and released them after 22 days in captivity, yesterday, called on the Federal Government, Delta State Government and the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to urgently begin the provision of development infrastructures and employment for the youths in the Ijaw province.
Lagos — Michael Stewart was the first, Margret Hill, second and now it is Samuel Amadi all minors who have had a taste of the kidnap experience.
Michael Stewart is the son of a female house of assembly lawmaker, Margaret Hill, a daughter of a Briton and Samuel, a prince.
ON Tuesday, July 10, at the headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta, code named Operation Restore Hope in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, the commander, Brigadier-Gen. Lawrence Ngubane, who was visibly perturbed by the escalating banditry of militants in the region, notwithstanding the release of the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NPDVF) and modern-day symbol of the Ijaw struggle, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, from detention by the authorities, wondered, in as session with newsmen, what the militants actually want.
Lagos — Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday condemned strongly the act of child kidnapping in the Niger Delta region, saying "we cannot, and we must not accept, the violation of childhood innocence for struggle of any kind."
Lagos — The international community was jolted recently when militants in the oil-rich Niger- Delta region kidnapped a three- year old British girl. CHUKWUDI OBI writes that kidnap in that region has taken a sudden twist where children have become targets.