US Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders, has reaffirmed the committment of the United States to combating malaria in Nigeria. She highlighted that US government policy on the health sector is to partner with Nigeria’s federal, state and local governments … read more
Irked by the recent invasion of Agge community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by operatives of the Joint Military Taskforce (JTF), the House of Assembly has called on the Federal Government to rebuild the coastal settlement without … read more
The military may be closing in on militants in the Niger Delta particularly warlords fleeing River State for Bayelsa in what seems a quiet onslaught against the militants. THISDAY learnt last night that the stage is set for an all-out … read more
Barely four days after the Joint Task Force in Rivers State arrested 229 suspected militants in a raid at the waterfronts in the capital city, Port Harcourt, the organisation yesterday said it, again, arrested another set of 25 suspected militants … read more
FOR the first time since the escalation of hostilities in the Niger Delta, the military Joint Task Force in the region has thrown its doors open for newsmen to visit some battle grounds in the area. A report in the … read more
Fresh fears have gripped militant groups in the Niger Delta region following the report that the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike, has given definite rules of engagement to the Joint Task Forces in the Niger Delta. … read more
After a week of destructive activities, trailed by a host of dead oil facilities, dead and wounded militants and about 150,000 barrels per day shut-in in the nation’s daily crude output, the face of militancy in the Niger Delta, the … read more
After almost two months of partial closure for repair works, the all important Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be fully re-opened to road users from midnight tomorrow. Confirming the good news expected to gladden the hearts of Lagosians, the … read more
Virgin Nigeria Airline (VNA) has suspended its plan to fly routes into the United States following what it attributed to the prohibitive price of aviation fuel. In what many said was a big breakthrough for the open skies agreement between … read more
by Ammoch at nigerdeltaunrest.blogspot.com Recent coverage of the situation in the Niger Delta has been particularly lacking. On September 25th, the BBC published an article on its website claiming a mass arrest of over 200 militants ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7635216.stm ). The … read more