The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has ordered 13 new Bushmasters from Thales. The first vehicles will be delivered in theatre by 1 October this year, bringing the total supplied to the Dutch armed forces to 49. The contract is worth
Mama Nurta Ali Elmi, affectionately known by people in Afgoye town, 30 km south of Mogadishu, as Mama Nurtay, lost two sons during the 18 years of civil war in Somalia; one in 1993 and the other 13 years later
Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's embattled North Kivu province this year has boosted the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to some 857,000. The scale and fluidity of the crisis, coupled with the fact that many of
Before Shell Bonga Oil Field was attacked recently, the United States strategists held the view that militancy is no longer threat to oil exploration and production in the Niger Delta. This is premised on the recent development of off-shore oil
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Ebebi Peremabowei yesterday in Yenegoa said the only panacea to the lingering problem of restiveness in the Niger Delta is for the Federal Government to grant the Niger Delta states 50% derivation on resources
The northern Nigeria socio-cultural apex group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has warned militants of the Niger Delta area to desist from their activities and take to dialogue as a way out of their predicament. Speaking in an exclusive interview with
Militants have again attacked Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company (SPDC) facilty - Oloma flow Station in Bonny - and allegedly killed four naval personnel and three civilians.
SPOKESPERSON of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), which comprises the fighting units of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), the Reformed Niger -Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (R-NDPVF) and some other militia groups in the Niger-Delta, Cynthia Whyte, says
Professor Anthony Afejuku is an Itsekiri activist and the Head of Department (HOD) English and Literature, University of Benin (UNIBEN). In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, he bares his mind on the reasons the crisis in the Niger Delta had
MOVEMENT for Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, in this brief electronic mail to an enquiry by Sunday Vanguard, speaks on the comments by some people that the group was blowing hot and cold by declaring a cease fire
The governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, took 90 minutes off last Tuesday to share his thoughts with our reporter on the past one year of his administration in Delta, the second largest oil producing state in Nigeria.
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the umbrella socio-cultural organisation for the northern states, has blamed the persistent militancy in the Niger Delta region on the failure of leaders from the area.
Police authorities in Ebonyi State yesterday revealed that a total of eight persons, including three elderly women lost their lives in the crisis that erupted in Ezillo, Ishielu Local Government area of the state last month as a result of
For Nigeria to achieve peace and stability in the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government should address the core issue of marginalisation while adopting a realistic and sincere approach to the problems confronting the region.
A General Inspection delegation of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) travels this Monday to the United States of America (USA), where from July 02 to 17, it will work at the Defence Chancellery at the Angolan Embassy in that North
A United States-based organisation, Rivers for Peace, has commended Rivers State Governor, Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The state of uncertainty in Bayelsa State got worse over the weekend as a Permanent Secretary in the state civil service, Ekpareba Apiri was assassinated in his home town, Okodi in Ogbia Local Government area of the state, just as
