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Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers Says No Member Arrested By Military
Premium Times, 31 May 2016
Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has claimed responsibility for recent attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta, has denied a Nigerian military's… Read more »
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Nigeria: FG Meets Ex-Militants to End Bombing of Oil Facilities
This Day, 29 May 2016
The Federal Government has met with ex-militants in the Niger-Delta region and reached a resolution to end conflicts leading to pipelines bombing. Read more »
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Nigeria: Attacks On Oil Pipelines - Tompolo Begs Renegade Militants to Return to Negotiation Table With FG
Leadership, 30 May 2016
Foremost former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, yesterday appealed to the renegade militants involved in recent attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region… Read more »
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Nigeria: FG to Formulate Strategic Plan to Curb Niger Delta Militancy
This Day, 25 May 2016
Owing to the recent incessant attacks on oil and gas installations by militants in the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the federal government was currently… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Arrests Suspected Members of Niger Delta Avengers
Premium Times, 29 May 2016
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it arrested 10 suspected militants and pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region. Read more »
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Nigeria: Shootout in Niger Delta Creeks As Troops Kill Militants, Avert Attack On Oil Pipeline
Vanguard, 30 May 2016
The stand-off between the military and the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, degenerated, early yesterday, as soldiers of 343 Artillery Regiment of 2 Brigade, 82 Division of the Nigerian… Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Militancy, Plot to Cause Chaos
Daily Trust, 30 May 2016
President Buhari has accused vested interests of restarting militancy in the Niger Delta as a plot to cause chaos and bring divisions in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers Are Killing Our Soldiers, We'll Crush Them - Army
Vanguard, 27 May 2016
Nigerian Army has described the Niger Delta Avengers as criminals, vowing to crush them. Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Militants Bomb Agip, Aiteo 600,000bpd Facility
This Day, 28 May 2016
Still sticking with their renewed vow to cripple oil and gas-related activities in the region, Niger Delta militants on Saturday shifted their focus to oil-rich Bayelsa State,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Delta Community Residents Cry Out As Soldiers Invade Community
Premium Times, 28 May 2016
Soldiers in the early hours of Saturday invaded Oporoza, a settlement in Gbaramatu kingdom of Delta State, where former militant leader, Tompolo, hails from. Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, Militants Bomb NNPC Facility in Delta
Leadership, 28 May 2016
Nigeria's crude oil export suffered another attack on Thursday night, as rampaging renegade militia attacked a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation… Read more »
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Nigeria: Niger Delta Avengers Hit NNPC's Crude, Gas Trunklines in Delta
This Day, 28 May 2016
This was with a view to ascertain and identify the immediate grievances of The Niger Delta Avengers in order to proffer all-inclusive solutions. Read more »
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Nigeria: Don't Negotiate With Niger-Delta Avengers, Ex-AIG Tells FG
Daily Trust, 29 May 2016
The greatest mistake the federal government can make is to institute any form of dialogue or fresh amnesty programme for the Niger-Delta Avengers, a retired Assistant Inspector… Read more »
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Nigeria: Militants Strike Again in N-Delta, Attack Shell, Agip Pipelines
Vanguard, 29 May 2016
Delta militants blew up trunk lines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in Bayelsa State, while soldiers took over Oporoza… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Avert Attacks On Oil Pipelines in Niger Delta
This Day, 29 May 2016
The Nigerian military says it has successfully averted planned attacks by the resurgent militants at oil pipelines in parts of the Niger Delta. Read more »
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Nigeria: You Are Mistaken, We Will Come After You, Buhari Tells Niger Delta Militants
This Day, 29 May 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Niger Delta militants to stop further vandalization of pipelines and related assets. Read more »
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Nigeria: Tompolo Pleads With Niger Delta Avengers to Cease Fire
This Day, 29 May 2016
Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, has appealed to members of the Niger Delta… Read more »
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Nigeria: Enang Urges Niger Delta Youth to Drop Arms
This Day, 29 May 2016
Feeling concerned about the negative impact created by the militants in the Niger Delta region, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly (Senate Matters),… Read more »