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Are Nigerians to believe that only six soldiers of the Nigerian Army (a major and five lower ranks) executed the plot that resulted in the alleged illegal arms supply to militants?
Whatever we believe, a general court martial in Kaduna sentenced them to life imprisonment on November 18.
Vanguard (Lagos)Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta in charge of Delta and Bayelsa states, Brigadier-General Nanven Wuyep Rimtip fell out, yesterday, over an unconfirmed charge by the militant group that the JTF boss is involved in oil theft and has been compromised by the Chevron Nigeria Limited, which is allegedly building a house for him in his hometown.
Vanguard (Lagos)Renowned social critic, the Reverend Father Matthew Kukah has recommended the adoption of what he called restorative justice as a panacea towards finding lasting solution to the Niger Delta problem, pointing out that "restorative justice tends to focus on integration as opposed to the divisive tendencies of western legal systems with focus on winner and loser".
Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta in charge of Delta and Bayelsa states, Brigadier-General Nanven Wuyep Rimtip fell out, yesterday, over an unconfirmed charge by the militant group that the JTF boss is involved in oil theft and has been compromised by the Chevron Nigeria Limited, which is allegedly building a house for him in his hometown.
Vanguard (Lagos)SOME operators in Nigeria's oil and gas industry have expressed fear over the possible implications of a seeming northernisation of the oil and gas industry, noting that it could spark further attacks by militants on facilities, leading to increase in the shut-in volume.
Vanguard (Lagos)LEADERSHIP of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and other militant groups to stop using workers in the region as sacrificial lambs by killing or kidnapping them, just as they also maintained that military occupation cannot solve the problem of the Niger Delta question.
SOME operators in Nigeria's oil and gas industry have expressed fear over the possible implications of a seeming northernisation of the oil and gas industry, noting that it could spark further attacks by militants on facilities, leading to increase in the shut-in volume.
LEADERSHIP of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and other militant groups to stop using workers in the region as sacrificial lambs by killing or kidnapping them, just as they also maintained that military occupation cannot solve the problem of the Niger Delta question.
This Day (Lagos)Kaduna - The general court martial trying officers and soldiers involved in illegal sale and possession of arms Saturday concluded its sitting in Kaduna.
The Court presided over by Brigadier General Bala Usara, while rounding off its sittings sentenced two soldiers, Private Caleb Bawa and Lance Corporal Alexander Davou to life jail terms for selling another 101 G3 rifles belonging to the Nigerian Army to the Henry Okah-led Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
Vanguard (Lagos)Tension over the recent life imprisonment of six soldiers by the General Court Martial (GCM) of the Nigeria Army for supplying 7,000 arms of different specifications to the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) at a cost of N100 million escalated, yesterday, as the militant group demanded an open re-trial of the jailed soldiers, saying their conviction was a set up to nail its assumed leader, Henry Okah.