A militant group called the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has threatened to wage war against the Nigerian military, saying it will test run its missiles in June 2016. According to the group, it is affiliated to the recently floated Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which has carried out several attacks on oil installations in the…
According to Tribune, Nigerian troops invaded Government Tompolo, a former militant leader’s community in Gbaramatu, Delta State on Saturday in search of the new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers. Gbaramatu Kingdom is located in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, The invasion of Tompolo’s terrain was said to have occurred in…
The Federal Government says it has agreed to re-engage persons from communities in the Niger Delta region to protect the oil pipelines. This, it said, is to find a lasting solution to the renewed militancy in the region. Also, the government promised to restructure the amnesty programme so as to address the critical issue of…
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has kicked against renewed attacks by the newly formed group, the Niger Delta Avengers. MEND, in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, disclosed that it had carried out “rigorous and robust analysis, debate and review of political events in Nigeria within the…
Reports reaching us indicate that some suspected militants blew up gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the facility was bombed at Ogbembiri in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. It would be more than a dozen times that the oil and gas…
No fewer than three suspected Niger Delta militants were killed in Bayelsa State by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The suspects were killed during a shoot out. According to reports, the Civil Defence men gunned down the militants on Saturday along the Snake Creeks in the Nembe area of the…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has confirmed the arrest of suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, who have allegedly carried out renewed attacks in the region lately, blowing up oil facilities. According to the DHQ on Sunday, the suspects are being investigated by security operatives to siphon information from them. Director of Defence Information,…
Niger Delta militants have vowed to go on with their attacks on oil facilities in their region despite an order by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military to clamp down on the new faceless Avengers’ group. On Tuesday, the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, declared that the bombing of pipelines in the Niger Delta would…