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Lagos — Men of the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta yesterday killed five gunmen after exchanging fire at Cawthorne Channel, an area in Rivers State, a military spokesman said yesterday.
Nigerian navy vessels encountered the gunmen in three speedboats early on Thursday while on patrol in the Cawthorne Channel, an area that is a known hotbed for violence due to its close proximity to key oil facilities.
interview
Sunday Vanguard spoke to Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Alabo T.O. Graham Douglas, on the arrest of some officials of Rivers State government by the EFCC, Henry Okah, MEND, JTF as well as the performance of Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
A coalition of Niger Delta militants under the umbrella of Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), has submitted a 10-point demand to the Niger Delta Technical Committee.
The JRC's submission is from the three militant groups of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND), The Reformed Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force & The Martyrs Brigade.
Daily Independent (Lagos)
Port Harcourt — Truly, these are not the best of times for Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and his lieutenants in the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
About fifteen militants were feared dead Wednesday night when they encountered men of the Joint Task Force in Bonny River.
According to spokesman of the security body in Rivers State, Lieutenant Col Sagir Musa the militants in six speed boats had made effort to attack a location where the security body had its gun boats but were repelled.
Port Harcourt — The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has distanced itself from the planned meeting with the Niger Delta Technical Committee, insisting that the only person that can speak on their behalf was their leader, Henry Okah.
Daily Independent (Lagos)
Yenagoa — Joint Revolution Council (JRC)in the Niger Delta has demanded for the withdrawal of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF)for peace to reign in the area.
Leadership (Abuja)
Yenagoa — A militia group known as the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) yesterday forwarded a memorandum to the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, faulting the composition of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the parameters adopted by the fund for the award of scholarships in the region.
Abuja — The Niger Delta Technical Committee set up by the Federal Government to address the socio-political crisis in the region is seeking the input of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and other militant groups in its reports/recommendations to be submitted to the government at the conclusion of its assignment.
interview
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) says President Yar'Adua's "nightmares" on the Niger-Delta, which he openly confessed, last weekend, won't end in a hurry, warning that the nightmares may develop to "insomnia and hallucinations" except the president accedes to the call by the militant group, Niger-Delta leaders and well-meaning Nigerians to put the nation on the path of true federalism, release its supposed leader, Henry Okah, and other freedom fighters from detention.