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PIPELINE ATTACKS: FG imports Russian war helicopters, UAVs from Dubai

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The Federal Government is making a comprehensive arrangement to respond to the attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region through the importation of sophisticated military hardware. A top military source said on Saturday that the

TERROR lurks as Niger Delta militants threaten war on muslims

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The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders have threatened to carry out reprisal attacks on Muslims and mosques if Boko Haram kills Christians. Militants in the Niger Delta region have declared war on Muslims in response to threats by new Boko Haram leader Musab Al-barnawi, to kill Christians and burn down churches in the north. The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC), in a statement on Saturday, August 6, warned that Niger Delta youths would launch attack on any Muslim or mosque in the Niger Delta region if Boko Haram kill Christians or burn churches. The Spokesperson of the militant group, W O I Izon-Ebi, described the mission by the new Boko Haram leader to kill all Christians and burn down all churches as an Islamization plot. The group warned that Niger Delta youths in this 21st century will not accept killing of innocent Christians or burning of churches. “If they try it in the north or any part of Nigeria, we the Niger Delta youths will not see any Muslim ...

Rebuilding Niger Delta is my Priority – Buhari pleads

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President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to use the country’s resources judiciously to develop the nation and rebuild the volatile Niger Delta region, based on the policies initiated by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Buhari spoke on Thursday when a delegation of Ni­ger Delta Dialogue and Contact Group, led by His Royal Highness, King Alfred Di­ette-Spiff, the Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, Bayelsa State, visited him at the Presiden­tial Villa, Abuja. The President therefore solicited the patience and understanding of Nigerians to achieve the goal. His words: “We intend to rebuild this country so that our children and grandchildren will have a good place they can call their own. A lot of damage has been done, so I want you to tell the people to be patient. “When you get together with other leaders, please pacify the people. We will utilise the resources of Nigeria with integrity and rebuild the country”. The President said the gazette on the Niger Delta Amnesty Programm...

South-south Governors make demands to stop NDA

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Governors of the South-South region who met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today called for the majority of corruption cases in the region to be dropped by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sahara Reporters has reported. The meeting was attended by the governors of Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa and Abia states, as well as the deputy governor of Cross River state. Our source said only the Governor of Edo state Adams Oshiomhole and the deputy Governor of Cross River opposed the others the iniative, who singled out the federal government’s anti-corruption initiative as the reason why Niger Delta Avengers are blowing up pipelines in the region. Speaking one after the other, the governors reportedly asked the federal government to drop charges against former militants accused of corruption. They also want the EFCC to stop investigating the campaign fund scam which has so far revealed how former President Goodluck Jonathan shar...