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Vanguard (Lagos)Abuja - AGAINST the backdrop of the latest attacks by unrepentant militants who claimed to be members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, last weekend, the Defence Minister and Chairman of the Federal Government's Amnesty Committee, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd), has warned that the government would not allow any group to disrupt the relative peace in the Niger Delta.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - One of the former militant leaders in the Niger Delta and ex-commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Sobomabo Jackreece aka Egberipapa, has condemned the resumption of hostilities in the Niger Delta by MEND and warned militant groups against such attacks. He said any such attack would meet dire consequences.
This Day (Lagos)Kaduna - A group of 53 Nigerians who recently asked President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to resign because of ill-health has again written a letter to the president asking him to save Nigeria's democracy by writing to the National Assembly to say he has proceeded on medical vacation.
This Day (Lagos)Abuja - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said that it is not aware of any succession meeting with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that its loyalty is hundred per cent with President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcout - Smarting from last Saturday's resumption of hostilities on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has issued the Federal Government a 30-day ultimatum to implement the post-amnesty progammes in the region.