Indications have emerged that the Federal Government’s rebuff of pleas to stop further military onslaught against militants in the Niger Delta communities may have been caused by negative intelligence reports on some leaders of the region. A security source said … read more
The task force has established to facilitate information flow between the JTF high command and patriotic Nigerians living in the Niger Delta region and beyond. Also the Senate yesterday waded into the war in the Niger Delta creeks with a … read more
THE military authorities yesterday confirmed that troops deployed in the Niger Delta to fish out gunmen in the region have carried out successful operations in two more communities in Delta State. Although it was silent on the casualty level, the … read more
Amid the claims and counter-claims by the military authorities and the militants there is an irrefutable point: the operations in the Chanomi creek of Delta State have come with a toll. On the basis of the reported killings, enormous dislocation … read more
Peace remained elusive in the Niger Delta on Tuesday as the Joint Task Force in the area, Operation Restore Hope, resumed shooting and bombing in the coastal Gbaramatu communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Tuesday’s … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday broke his silence on the ongoing military onslaught on militants in the Niger Delta, saying it would not discourage world leaders from visiting Nigeria Yar’Adua, who addressed a joint press conference with the visiting Togolese … read more
Nigerian security forces clashed with militants on Tuesday close to an oil flow station in the western Niger Delta operated by U.S. energy giant Chevron, an army spokesman said. “Our troops at Chevron’s Abiteye flow station in Delta state captured … read more
ENI has declared a force majeure on 52,000 bpd of crude from the Brass River field in Nigeria. Production from the field is shared, and the measure would apply to 9,000 bpd of ENI’s equity share. According to Dow Jones … read more
JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta and the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) were embroiled in a war of words yesterday, over a claim by the militant that it has ordered the blockade of key waterway channels … read more
Defence Headquarters reiterated on Monday that the ongoing military onslaught in the Niger Delta to douse the activities of militants would continue until order is restored to the troubled region. The authorities also denied killing innocent people while attacking the … read more