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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).
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.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - In the November 5, 2008 edition of one of the National dailies, the Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, Professor Ogah described Post- JAMB test as nothing but a contrivance for fleecing Parents by the Officials of Nigerian Universities. I must commend him for his uncommon candour and selflessness, particularly for someone who ought to be a beneficiary of the scheme.
Vanguard (Lagos)One of the South African-based associates of the assumed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, in this exclusive interview with Sunday Vanguard, explains why the group will not disband, even if Okah, currently being secretly tried by government for alleged gun-running, is released. The associate, who spoke anonymously, said the Niger Delta agitation may enter a new phase if the region's problems were not resolved.
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Lagos — In the November 5, 2008 edition of one of the National dailies, the Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, Professor Ogah described Post- JAMB test as nothing but a contrivance for fleecing Parents by the Officials of Nigerian Universities. I must commend him for his uncommon candour and selflessness, particularly for someone who ought to be a beneficiary of the scheme.
One of the South African-based associates of the assumed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, in this exclusive interview with Sunday Vanguard, explains why the group will not disband, even if Okah, currently being secretly tried by government for alleged gun-running, is released. The associate, who spoke anonymously, said the Niger Delta agitation may enter a new phase if the region's problems were not resolved.
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says it does not know the Sunny Bowei Okah, said to a brother to Henry Okah, who the 10-man General Court Martial (GCC) that recently sentenced Major Suleiman Akubo and five other soldiers to life jail claimed bought 7,000 arms of different descriptions at about N100 million from the convicted persons for use by Niger-Delta militants.
Vanguard (Lagos)The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, in the early hours of yesterday (Friday) deployed military helicopters and gunships in the creeks of Bayelsa State to track down fleeing crude oil thieves suspected to have shifted base to the state.
Vanguard (Lagos)From a dingy underground cell in Bauchi, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Mr Henry Okah, yesterday raised an alarm over his failing health, alleging that the Federal Government was planning to kill him.
Vanguard (Lagos)Yenagoa - The relative peace of the Bayelsa East senatorial district coastal enclave was again tested yesterday as members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and the military were locked in violent shoot out.