The amnesty process will not entertain the payment of cash for arms arrangement, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Amnesty and Disarmament and Nigerian minister of finance, Mansur Muhtar said Friday in Abuja. Mr. Muhtar, who spoke alongside members … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has accused the Minister of Interior, who is also the Head of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty for Militants in the Niger Delta, General Godwin Abbe (rtd), of trying to … read more
Security operatives last night arrested leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Mujahid Dokubo-Asari at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. He was arrested on his arrival from Germany where he went for medical check-up, his … read more
TOP militant leaders, yesterday, opted to accept the Federal Government’s offer of amnesty, but by proxy, for fear of arrest. However, some militants have promised to surrender their arms on Friday. This would be coming a day after the Federal … read more
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress Comrade Abdulwaheed Ibrahim Omar says efforts by the NLC to resolve issues through dialogue have been frustrated by agents of government, adding that Labour would go on strike if government goes ahead with its … read more
Nigerian security forces arrested nine gunmen suspected to be involved in last week’s pipeline attack that forced Agip to halt some oil output in the Niger Delta, the military said on Tuesday. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger … read more
Residents of Diobu and other parts of old Port Harcourt Township may not sleep well for days as a result of the trauma of gun shots that forced them to stay awake on Sunday night. Policemen were battling to rescue … read more
The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta (JTF) has described as a fallacy, media reports that the military was negotiating amnesty for some militant groups. Col. Rabe Abubakar, the JTF spokesman said no officer of the Nigerian Army … read more
BARELY one week after a Ukrainian plane loaded with arms and ammunition was impounded in Kano, the Nigerian Navy, on the orders of the Presidency, has grounded two ships carrying arms and cartridges, this time at the old Calabar Port, … read more
A picture of the impending amnesty terms for repentant militants emerged yesterday. They were unveiled, just as Niger Delta militants intensified their onslaught on Shell Petroleum Development Company, hitting its Afremo offshore oilfield and two other facilities in Rivers State. … read more