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01/11/2008

Port Harcourt — Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND),yesterday took responsibility for the attack at Buoy 61 on the Bonny channel, where four vessels came under attack, with two people sustaining injuries, one on the belly and the other on his genitals.

01/10/2008

Yenagoa — The Federal Government yesterday ordered military formations in the Niger Delta region to begin an offensive against all known militants and their hideouts. The order was passed to all the formations, via a signal signed by General Owei Andrew Azazi.

01/09/2008

interview Lagos — THE Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Owoye Azazi, has directed all military formations in the Niger Delta to be on the red alert following renewed threats by militants to unleash mayhem on the region.

01/07/2008

Yenagoa — The Joint Task Force on the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope, at the weekend warned the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) the it will return fire for fire should it make good its threat to attack JTF check points.

01/07/2008

Leadership (Abuja) opinion Like me, several people must have been shocked by the revelation that the federal government recently awarded a $56 million (about N6.72 billion) pipeline contract to a certain Tom Pollo. Tom Pollo is a militant leader who operates in the Delta State sector of the Niger Delta. He has a good working relationship with former Governor James Ibori, through whose tremendous clout in the current government he was awarded the contract.

01/04/2008

Port Harcourt — The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday vowed to cripple oil exports from the Niger Delta region by providing arms including anti-aircraft gunships to the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Ateke Tom in what it said was a renewed bid to counter any possible offensive by Federal Government's Joint-military Task Force against it.