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There is tension in Ossissa community in Ndokwa east local government area of Delta state following the killing of a 45-year-old renowned farmer by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The Punch reports that the farmer, Nwadei Monday Ikechukwu, was gunned down on Thursday, June 16, when he was returning home from his plantain farm. Following the killing, all Fulani herdsmen reportedly fled the area for safety in fear of reprisal attacks. The Wife of the deceased, Mrs Prescilia Nwadei (née Egugbo) who was said to be nursing a two months old baby, was still in a coma following the ugly incident. According to residents in the community, this latest incident comes sequel to an alleged abduction of a lawyer and one other person in the locality by Fulani herdsmen. A community resident said: “A lawyer was kidnapped with another person by Fulani herdsmen and the deceased unfortunately passed through the kidnappers den and was killed, the Lawyer was driving a Jeep and after pa

This came just now, a letter from the Niger Delta Avengers, addressing the issue of political thugs parading themselves as Niger Delta Avengers representatives. "Niger Delta Struggle is not for Political Thugs." "We are watching with keen interest the unwholesome activities of the political thugs and agents of APC to undermine the Niger Delta struggle in the likes of Mr. Ayiri and gangs. Few days ago, he and his group was parading, regrouping, rebranding and re-arming defunct Ex-MEND and settled Militants leaders discussing pipelines, oil and gas facilities contract in Edo State Government house. Today he and his co-travelers are in delta state Government house, the Itsekiri Militants leader with community leaders and unfortunately branding them as representatives of Niger Delta Avengers for self-gain and political survivals." "We condemn its entirety the continuous linking of the Niger Delta Avengers to any meeting in Delta State Government in Asaba

It is quite a shame when a media lion like SaharaReporters will post fallacious information to the public, well, for reasons best known to them. The information below was posted by Sahara Reporters yesterday, June 16; "Nigeria and the Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group that has been attacking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta region, on Wednesday, June 15, agreed during a secret meeting to pursue dialogue to end the violence, which has reduced Nigeria's daily oil production to 680,000 barrels per day. The meeting was held at the Governor's Office in Asaba, Delta State between Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, with representatives of Niger Delta Avengers and othermilitant groups." SaharaReporters also revealed a copy of the communique of the meeting, showing that the meeting had in attendance the Delta State Governor, Patrick Ifeanyi Okowa; an Itsekiri militant leader, Ayirimi Emami; a representative of Gbaramatu Kingdo

Just after a long silence from them, the Niger Delta Avengers, having denied any talks about negotiations with the federal government have blown up an NNPC pipeline in Oruk Anam local government in Akwa ibom. The attack was carried out at 4:00a.m this morning and posted a few minutes ago on their  TWITTER PAGE . See screenshot below: The Niger Delta Avengers have vowed to bring Nigeria's oil production to zero and have worked towards it via incessant bombing of oil installations all over the Niger Delta.  Amidst a nationwide fuel scarcity, it is uncertain what direction Nigeria is headed as she struggles to meet her local fuel demands let alone, international.  THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THE KIND OF CHANGE WE BARGAINED FOR IN NIGERIA!!!

Officers of the Nigerian army have killed five cultists who engaged them in a fierce gun battle on Sunday, June 12, The Punch reports. The cult members who were reportedly members of the Icelander cult were said to have been trailed to their hideout in Obelle, a community in Emohua local government area of Rivers state, and gunned down during a gun duel. Following the incident, five people who had been kidnapped by the same cultists on Friday around Elele Town in Ikwerre LG area of the state, were able to regain their freedom. According to a source in the embattled community, when the soldiers entered the community in search of the cultists who fled Ibaa community to build a new camp in Obelle, the fraternity members were said to have opened fire on the military men but they (soldiers) had to call for reinforcement before going after the hoodlums. The Punch reports further that the cultists had ambushed a commercial bus en route to Port Harcourt from Anambra state last Fri

The Niger Delta Avengers has issued a final chilling warning to 7 governors to release pro-Biafra protesters being held in police and military custodies in their states or face the full wrath of the militants. The militant group, which has blown-up many oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region, vowed to continue to do so until oil production in the region is grounded. The group has also shown allegiance to pro-Biafra groups and this relationship seems to be confirmed in the latest statement issued by the militant group. Premium Times reports that in a statement signed by Mudoch Agbinibo who is the spokesperson of the group, The Niger Delta Avengers gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the governors to release the pro-Biafra supporters under arrest in their states. The governors threatened are: Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Willie Obiano of Anambra, Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.

The ongoing restiveness in the Niger Delta took a new turn yesterday, June 12, after a militant group, the Reformed Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, warned those it described as old generation of Ijaw activists, namely Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Ateke Tom, General Boyloaf, General Africanus Ukpaparasia and others, “not to meddle in this ongoing process.” Vanguard reports that the group unilaterally declared cessation of hostilities in the region and differed with other militants groups over their positions regarding the bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta. While the group is on the same page with the JNDLF on cessation of hostilities, it disagreed with it on the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, and former national security adviser, (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), and other conditions. The group in a statement yesterday said: “We align ourselves with the unilateral declaration of cessation of hostilities on oil and gas

Agitators for the Biafra state, the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has challenged the Nigerian Army to produce weapons allegedly seized from the agitators. This is coming after the kill­ing of protesters on May 30, 2016 in the South East and South-South states. The group particularly asked the Army to publicly display the purported weap­ons it seized from the Biafra agitators who were killed in Onitsha on the said day. In a statement by its spokespersons, Mr. Clif­ford Iroanya and Mr. Emma Nmezu, IPOB said that the claims by the Army that it killed the agitators because they were violent were only face-saving and lacked any proof. IPOB challenged the Army to produce the weapons seized from the agitators to prove its case. The statement read in part: “To justify the use of live am­munition on Biafrans, the Army spokesman, one Col. Gambo claimed that Biafrans ‘employed firearms, crude weapons as well as other vola­tile cocktails such as acid and dynamites.’ “Where a

Annkio Briggs, an activist from the Niger Delta region has claimed that members of the Niger Delta Avengers are not from Nigeria but from Somalia. The group has claimed responsibility for series of bombing of oil and gas pipeline in the region and has vowed to continue to do so until all oil production from the region is grounded. Annkio Briggs, is an English-born Nigerian environmental and human rights activist. She is the founder and executive director of the non-governmental organization, Agape Birthrights. NAN reports that Briggs who is a close ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan spoke at the 17th annual convention of the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) with the theme “Nigeria, still in pursuit of true fiscal federalism”. The activist condemned the activities of the militants and insisted they were not from the Niger Delta region but from Somalia. She also criticised the murder of one Bridget Agbamihe by a mob in Kano for blasphemy and the activities of Fulani

Tragedy struck in the Egbeda area of Lagos when a young girl was burnt to death in a church on Saturday Morning, June 11. The church, Faith Revival Church, was reportedly having a vigil when fire broke out at about 2 am in the boys-quarters of the church and the Lagos state Fire Service was immediately called to put out the fire. Mr Rasak Fadipe who is the director of the fire service said the vigil was going on in the main auditorium while the boy-quarter was consumed by fire. He said it was after the fire was put out that the body of the girl was discovered. “We met the fire raging when we arrived. It was after the fire was put out that we discovered the little girl’s burnt body in one of the rooms." “The church authority was yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. We finally put out the fire at about 5 a. m.”