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kidnappings and demand for ransom that had hitherto gained ground among the militants of the Niger Delta are gradually creeping into the South-West, particularly Lagos.
For instance, two men are currently in the custody of the Lagos State Police Command over their involvement in the recent kidnap of a young boy from a church in Isolo, [...]

Glad to see that justice has been brought to bear on these guys. However, I am still a bit confused as to how 7,000 “machine guns, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades” can be stolen from the Army, but then again, stranger things have been known to happen.
Ultimately, life in prison is a befitting punishment, but at [...]

My question is a very simple one. How much does it cost Shell per annum to repair the pipeline after each act of vandalism?
This latest act was one where a hacksaw was used, a hacksaw for crying out loud. Furthermore, this pipeline alone has been sabotaged 19 times in the last 12 months alone.
Would it [...]

Found this floating on the internet. First time I’ve seen footage of MEND members in action. I don’t know about you, but I think anyone who wears red to go into battle is looking to get a bullet in his cranium…
There is a reason the Nigerian army wear earth colors…
 

 
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Kashi: Where we rounded another corner, and there was a woman who had come, and she had a piece of coconut, and there were like seven or eight children just around her screaming, and she was breaking off little pieces for them because they were hungry and that might have been sort of the first food [...]

THE Defence headquarters declared yesterday that the military would not stay a day longer in the Niger Delta once the task of restoring peace, normalcy and checkmating activities of criminals, illegal bunkerers, economic saboteurs assigned to it by the Federal Government, was achieved.
New Director of Defence Information, Col. Chris Jemiltola, at his maiden briefing in [...]

General Jeremiah Useni may have stirred the hornet, nest as his alleged justification of the killing of late Ken Saro-Wiwa by the regime of General Sani Abacha , has drawn the ire of the people of the Niger Delta.
Ogoni Youths Council (OYC) led by Marvin Yobana yesterday gave Useni a [...]

CRUDE oil output of Nigeria’s largest upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), has dropped from an all time high in excess of 1.0 million barrels per day to an average 412,000 barrels per day owing to militancy in the Niger Delta and funding constraints.
Similarly, operating expenditure of the [...]

Following media reports at the weekend that Niger Delta militants kidnapped an expatriate engineer with construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, the organisation has denied that any of its expatriate staff was kidnapped.
Speaking last night, the organisation’s Public Relations Advisor, Mr Clement Iloba, debunked the report saying that none of its expatriate member of staff [...]

The war against militants declared by Akwa Ibom State government yesterday suffered a set back as an expatriate engineer with renowned construction firm, Julius Berger was kidnapped by militants operating in the state.
Thisday gathered that the militants kidnapped the foreigner, whose name could not be ascertained as at press time, along Abak–Uyo road when his [...]