A Nigerian gang leader died Wednesday from gunshot wounds suffered while in the custody of security forces in the southern oil region where armed forces are targeting militants, police said. Bayelsa state police Commissioner Onuoha Udoka said Ken Niweigha died … read more
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was declared wanted by the Joint Task Force (JTF) six days ago and ordered to give himself up will not surrender to the … read more
Joint Task Force (JTF) Media Co-ordinator, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, disclosed on Tuesday that one of the bases militant leader Tompolo used as a second Observation Camp in Warri has been destroyed. He said Camp 2 was discovered with a house … read more
Indications emerged on Tuesday that the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company may be shut down due to lack of crude oil for its operations. It was learnt that the stock of crude in the crude refining plant could only last … read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), an NGO, has petitioned the Federal Government at the United Nations (UN) over the military action in the Niger Delta. SERAP says there are ongoing human rights violations which may amount to crimes against … read more
The onslaught by the Joint Task Force (JTF) against militants in the Niger Delta has entered its 14th day with a new twist: the militants have blown up an oil facility belonging to United States oil giant, Chevron. Yesterday, JTF … read more
Oil workers have threatened to abandon the Niger Delta in the wake of the upsurge in violence in the oil-rich region in the last two weeks. Babatunde Ogun, president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria … read more
Oil giant Shell faces allegations of complicity in horrific abuses by the Nigerian government, including the execution of environmental protestor Ken Saro-Wiwa, in a potentially landmark trial starting Wednesday. In a highly unusual move, activists brought the lawsuit to a … read more
Following the ongoing military onslaught against militants in the Niger Delta region, some Ijaw living in coastal areas of Ondo State have begun fleeing their communities for fear of being attacked by the men of the Joint Task Force. A … read more
As the military onslaught against militants in the Niger Delta region enters its 13th day, the Joint Task Force (JTF) said yesterday that there would be no let-off in the fight in the creeks until its men abducted were rescued. … read more