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Leadership (Abuja)
Tragedy was yesterday averted by the police in Abuja, as six hefty-looking youths suspected to be members of the dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) stormed the residence of the Minister of Transportation, Mrs. Dieziani Allison-Madueke, apparently in a bid to kidnap her.
Leadership (Abuja)
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, may have reversed itself on an order purportedly granting to the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah to appeal the ruling of a Jos Federal High Court.
Leadership (Abuja)
Nigeria's army is on high alert in the oil-producing Niger Delta, carrying out helicopter and gunboat patrols in its creeks, despite a ceasefire declared by the region's main militant group.
Abuja — Officials of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday accused the federal government and the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta of breaching the terms and conditions of the ceasefire declared Monday by the militants to stop the 'oil war'.
Yenagoa — The recent ceasefire by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), was yesterday threatened, following a alleged air raids by operatives of the Joint Military Taskforce on the camps of two militia groups, the Niger Delta Patriotic Force (NDPF) and the Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV).
THE Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday challenged militants in the Niger Delta to lay down their arms if they were truly committed to peace.
Reacting to Sunday's declaration of ceasefire in the "oil war"launched by militants last week, the DHQ said there was no need for a ceasefire in the first place since the military were not at war with anyone.
Crude oil production has dropped by 200,000 barrels per day owing to a fresh wave of militant attacks which commenced a week ago, leaving Nigeria's total output down from 2.2million barrels per day to 2.0 million barrels per day.
Port Harcourt — The Joint Task Force in Rivers State yesterday evening stormed Rumuekpe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State and arrested 18 illegal oil bunkerers and seized 3,000 litres of crude oil and 65,000 litres of condensate.
Lagos — To demonstrate its resolve to tackle the problems of the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government recently set up a 40-member technical committee and also created a separate Ministry for Niger Delta. Ademola Adeyemo looks at the palliatives which have been greeted with criticism and hostility especially by the militants
Abuja — The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described the announcement by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) that it was observing a ceasefire over attacks on oil facilities as giving the wrong impression that Nigeria is at war.