MEND Nigeria-Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta-MEND-Official News Site -tracking News, Articles, Interviews and Opinions, related to MEND- from 1999 to Present
opinion
For some years now, the Niger Delta has been literally turned to a war zone as militants held the nation to ransom.
From their various camps in the Niger Delta creeks, the militants who were armed to the teeth, destroyed vital oil installations and kidnapped expatriate oil worker, most of who have had to flee the country while many oil companies shot down operations in the area.
Abuja, Port Harcourt - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any pressure being mounted on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign on the account of the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Abuja, Port Harcourt - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any pressure being mounted on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign on the account of the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
guest column
For the first time in years, Nigeria's Niger Delta seems to be looking up.
Large numbers of the region's insurgents who had been sabotaging petroleum production and fighting government forces in a campaign for a greater share of oil revenues, have accepted President Umaru Yar'Adua's offer of amnesty.
Warri - NIGER-DELTA activist and Itsekiri youth leader, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, has advised that the Itsekiri and other ethnic nationalities in the Niger-Delta should not be ignored by the Federal Government in the on-going discussions with stakeholders, including ex-militant leaders on the post- amnesty programme and the peace process generally in the region.
opinion
Nigeria has become the black sheep of the world oil producing community for her lack of accountability and unproductive use of the oil revenue. Among the OPEC countries, Nigeria is the least enterprising in the management of oil revenue. In Africa, Libya, Angola and Sudan have utilised their oil revenue better than Nigeria.
Warri - The division within the leadership of the coalition of "ex-militant" groups in the Niger-Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) seems to have taken a turn for the worse as some leaders of former militant groups, which are affiliated to the body, have warned the Federal Government against further dealing with Mr. Henry Okah under the post-amnesty arrangement.
Dogs don't eat dogs, but, the reverse is precisely what exmilitants are doing with their colleagues of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) who insisted that the Federal Government should discuss with the Aaron team constituted by the militant group for things to move forward in the Niger-Delta.
Last Saturday, President Umaru Yar'Adua reportedly met and dialogued with persons nominated by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to negotiate on its behalf towards working out a lasting peace in the Niger Delta region.
Lagos - The Joint Task Force (JTF) and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday traded blame over alleged raid of the home of a repentant militant leader, with the militants accusing the security outfit of threatening the ceasefire in the region by carrying out the raid.