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Nigeria: Amnesty Programme Is to Bring Everlasting Peace in Niger-Delta Region
Vanguard, 5 July 2016
Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, Liaison Officer, Presidential Amnesty Programme in Bayelsa, has said that the programme is on course to ensure enduring peace in the Niger-Delta region. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ex-Militants Block E-West Road Over Delayed Payment of 5 Months Stipends
Vanguard, 5 July 2016
Vehicular movement on the East-West Road, was, yesterday, disrupted for hours as hundreds of aggrieved ex-militants from Bayelsa and Delta states barricaded the Mbiama-Yenagoa axis… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Pledges to Pay Ex-Niger Delta Militants' Owed Stipend
Premium Times, 5 July 2016
The federal government has promised to offset outstanding stipends to former militants in the Niger Delta, after a protest led to the blockade of the East West Road on Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ex-Militants Protest Over Unpaid Five Months Stipends, Block East-West Road
Guardian, 5 July 2016
Thousands of road users plying the East-West road were stranded for hours yesterday as hundreds of ex-militants from Bayelsa and Delta States disrupted traffic for hours along the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty Stipends - Dickson Pleads With Ex-Militants for Patience
This Day, 4 July 2016
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appealed to ex-militants to be calm and exercise patience with the federal government over delay in the payment of their… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Facilities in Imo Not Bombed - Army
Vanguard, 5 July 2016
The Brigade Commander of 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, Brigadier-General Kay Ishiaku, has dismissed the recent claim by Niger Delta Red… Read more »
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Nigeria: Angry Ex-Militants Protest Unpaid Stipends
This Day, 4 July 2016
In spite of an appeal made to ex-Niger Delta agitators by the Bayelsa state government to suspend their proposed protest, hundreds of angry former militants from Bayelsa and Delta… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Confirms Fresh Sabotage On Oil Facilities
Vanguard, 5 July 2016
Suspected militants have blown up a pipeline in Nigeria's southern delta region, the military and locals said Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks on oil facilities that have… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Not Serious About Niger Delta - New Militant Group
This Day, 4 July 2016
The Ultimate Warriors, a new militant group in the Niger Delta which emerged two weeks ago, on Monday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the government's recent… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bayelsa Governor Dickson Begs Niger Delta Militants
Premium Times, 3 July 2016
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Sunday asked the federal government to pay outstanding allowances to ex-militants. Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty Stipends - Be Patient With FG, Dickson Tells Ex-Militants
Vanguard, 3 July 2016
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appealed to ex-militants to be calm and exercise patience with the Federal Government over delay in the payment of their stipends. Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, Avengers Blow Up NNPC, NPDC, Chevron Oil Facilities
Vanguard, 5 July 2016
Notorious militant group in the oil rich Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Avengers on Monday night continued with its resumed hostilities by blowing up two trunk lines belonging… Read more »
Nigerian Govt to Pay Ex-Niger Delta Militants' Owed Stipend
The government has pledged to offset outstanding stipends to former militants under the Presidential Amnesty scheme.
