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Leadership (Abuja)
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has again, appealed to militants in the Niger-Delta to shun hostage-taking and embrace peace.
Yar'Adua stated that their activities had tarnished the country's image among the comity of Nations.
Daily Trust (Abuja)Port Harcourt - Cynthia Whyte is fast becoming the number one spokesperson and ombudsman of the disprate groups that dot the Niger Delta political landscape.
Once in a while, he gathers a group of journalists and talk on the state-of-the nation from the Niger Delta perspective, as he did in this interview below.
Daily Trust (Abuja)Abuja - Barely four days after the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) announced that it will no longer respect a cease-fire agreement with the federal government, members of the Joint Task Force of the Nigerian Army clashed with elements from the militant group in Soku, Rivers State on Sunday.
This Day (Lagos)Akure - Pending the outcome of various efforts by President Umar Yar'Adua to resolve the Niger Delta crisis, militants under the aegis of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta Movement (MEND) and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) operating in Edo and Ondo States, have agreed to sheathe their swords.
interview
Port Harcourt — Cynthia Whyte is fast becoming the number one spokesperson and ombudsman of the disprate groups that dot the Niger Delta political landscape.
Abuja — Barely four days after the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) announced that it will no longer respect a cease-fire agreement with the federal government, members of the Joint Task Force of the Nigerian Army clashed with elements from the militant group in Soku, Rivers State on Sunday.
Lagos — PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua has again appealed to militants in the Niger Delta to shun hostage taking and embrace peace. He said their activities had tarnished the country's image among the comity of nations.
Akure — Pending the outcome of various efforts by President Umar Yar'Adua to resolve the Niger Delta crisis, militants under the aegis of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta Movement (MEND) and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) operating in Edo and Ondo States, have agreed to sheathe their swords.
Vanguard (Lagos)TWO militants group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Niger Delta Coastal Forces (NDCF) are now claiming responsibility for the recent bombing of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) crude oil delivery pipeline to the Forcados Terminal in Delta state, raising doubts as to the intent of the groups.
TWO militants group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Niger Delta Coastal Forces (NDCF) are now claiming responsibility for the recent bombing of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) crude oil delivery pipeline to the Forcados Terminal in Delta state, raising doubts as to the intent of the groups.