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Eight people killed in renewed Bayelsa violence

May 6, 2013 no comments

Security officials say eight people are feared dead in fighting between former militants and unidentified gunmen in Bayelsa. Reuters reports the gunmen opened fire on the former militants in renewed ...

Presidential aide warns of “dire consequences” in Niger De...

April 26, 2013 no comments

Recent startling comments attributed to the chairman of the amnesty programme in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta, Kingsley Kuku, has not only raised eyebrows, but also questions about how long the ten...

Northern youths dismiss MEND threats as “callous and counter-pro...

April 16, 2013 no comments

Northern youths have dismissed Sunday’s threats by southern militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, to launch a religious war as “unfortunate, callous and counter-pr...

MEND threatens religious war on May 31, say only the Church and Henry ...

April 15, 2013 1 comment

Southern militia group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is set to embark on a self-assigned mission to “save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation” by instigatin...

“Gate of hell let loose” – MEND rejects jail sentenc...

March 26, 2013 1 comment

Militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has rejected the sentence on its former leader Henry Okah, who was sentenced by the South Guateng High Court in South Afri...

Henry Okah sentenced to 24 years in jail

March 26, 2013 no comments

A High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday jailed convicted Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah to 24 years in jail, South Africa press reports. Judge Neels Claassen, who handed down the sentence, said: ̶...

Jonathan refutes claims that he masterminded 2010 Independence Day bom...

May 3, 2012 no comments

The Presidency on Wednesday released a press statement denying allegations by Henry Okah, the detained leader of the southern militant group, that Goodluck Jonathan was behind the 2010 Independence d...

Opinion – Wole Soyinka on the politics of Boko Haram, says Jonat...

May 3, 2012 no comments

Written by Wole Soyinka Let me begin by reminding everyone that Boko Haram has a very long history, whether you describe Boko Haram as an army of the discontent, or even as some people grotesquely tr...

Okah still insists Jonathan masterminded 2010 Independence Day bombing...

May 2, 2012 no comments

In a shocking twist of events, Henry Okah, the detained alleged leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has claimed that Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is ...

Shell assessing $4 billlion Nigeria oil projects

April 18, 2012 no comments

Oil producing giant, Royal Dutch Shell has said that it will invest some $4 billion in project set to boost oil production in Africa’s most populous nation and cut flaring of associated natural...

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