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Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE, a military outfit in the Niger Delta, have arrested the chief priest of Bayelsa Strike Force, a militant group in Cross River state.  Olaolu Daudu, spokesman of the outfit, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. He said the shrine located in Ikot Offing Ambai in Akpabuyo local government area of the state, was destroyed. Daudu said a militant was also killed, while ammunition were recovered.  “Troops deployed at Ikang border patrolled Ikot Offing Ambai in Akpabuyo local government area discovered militants shrine and also apprehended the chief priest of the group with empty box of ammunition at another shrine at Ekpri Ebutong Estate in Bakassi,” he said.  “During anti-militancy operation, troops of sector 4 raided Efut Esighi forest and killed a notorious militant popularly known as Okon Iyo while he was trying to escape. “Troops discovered the dead body of one of the Bakassi Strike Force militant who was earli...

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders in support of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) struggle have given Federal Government 31-day deadline to free the leader of the group and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, or face the consequences.  Also, the former warlords warned security agencies against tampering with the life of the IPOB leader, who is detained at Kuje Prison. Spokesperson of the concerned ex-militants, simply identified as General Ben, warned that at the expiration of the ultimatum, they would resume  massive abduction of expatriates as a first step.  The spokesperson declared that Federal Government should not underrate the activities of the militants in the Niger Delta, no matter the number of soldiers deployed against them. He fumed: “The ex-militant leaders in Ebeocha IPOB are warning the Federal Government and are giving them 31 days to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOB and Director of Radio Biafra.  “We are giving ...

The Niger Deltan Patriotic Alliance, NPDA, has urged the Federal Government to refrain from what it called “the harassment” of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, asserting that “the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration must realize that it cannot fight everybody at the same time.” Addressing newsmen, on Thursday, in Uyo, the group through its spokesman, Offiong Udo, asserted that “just as we witnessed between 1983 and 1984, our nation is fast disintegrating into a lawless era of arbitrariness and cluelessness powered by an abysmally weakgrasp of what it takes to govern a nation in the modern era.”  Asserting that “it is extremely fool-hardy to be stuck with Boko Haram in the North-East while opening up new fronts with IPOB, MASSOB, Shiites, Yoruba elders and now Niger Deltan militants at the same time,” the group claimed that “finally, those who claim to be best suited to rule have now exposed themselves as too provincially minded for ...

Speaking at an interactive forum with members of the Nigerian Community in Abu Dhabi, President Buhari  angered by the seeming resurgence of oil theft, vandalisation of pipelines and insecurity in the Niger Delta , declared that the  activities of oil thieves and vandals will soon be brought to an end.  The president noted, the Nigerian Armed Forces had already dealt “deadly blows” on Boko Haram, A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted President Buhari as saying “The oil thieves and abductors are a less problematic target. We will re-organise and deal with them.” President Buhari assured Nigerians at the interactive session that his administration’s war against corruption will continue to be vigorously pursued. The President pledged that more persons who have abused the public trust will be exposed and brought to justice soon, adding that his government was committed ...