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Militants resume attacks.Strikes AGIP oil facilities

Militants resume attacks.Strikes AGIP oil facilities

The Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibilities for the attack on AGIP oil facilities on Friday. A spokesman for of the militant group identified as… Read more »

MEND not ready for dialogue,declares war.

MEND not ready for dialogue,declares war.

Like the Abiku in Yoruba mythology, militancy has resurrected in the Niger Delta, less than three years after a presidential amnesty for former armed combatants in the region. No fewer… Read more »

OPC Begs MEND Not To Detonate Bomb

OPC Begs MEND Not To Detonate Bomb

Lagos -  Dr Frederick Faseun, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Thursday appealed to the militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to desist… Read more »

MEND THREATENS FRESH ATTACKS,GIVES PRESIDENT ULTIMATUM

MEND THREATENS FRESH ATTACKS,GIVES PRESIDENT ULTIMATUM

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has given President Goodluck Jonathan “some weeks” grace to kick-start talks on resource control and other issues affecting the Niger Delta… Read more »

MEND PLANS NEW MILITARY ATTACK

MEND PLANS NEW MILITARY ATTACK

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has accused the Joint Task Force of endangering the prevailing ceasefire in the region. The group in a statement yesterday… Read more »

FG APPEALS TO MILITANTS ON AMNESTY, JRC REJECTS MEND’S CEASEFIRE

FG APPEALS TO MILITANTS ON AMNESTY, JRC REJECTS MEND’S CEASEFIRE

W ITH barely 15 days to the expiration of the amnesty programme, which has been characterised by apathy, the Federal Government reiterated its plea to militants in the Niger Delta… Read more »

FG APPEALS TO MIlITANTS ON AMNESTY, JRC REJECTS MEND’S CEASEFIRE FROM KELVIN EBIRI, PORT HARCOURT

FG APPEALS TO MIlITANTS ON AMNESTY, JRC REJECTS MEND’S CEASEFIRE FROM KELVIN EBIRI, PORT HARCOURT

W ITH barely 15 days to the expiration of the amnesty programme, which has been characterised by apathy, the Federal Government reiterated its plea to militants in the Niger Delta… Read more »

TOMPOLO:AMNESTY IS A MISMANAGED VENTURE

TOMPOLO:AMNESTY IS A MISMANAGED VENTURE

THE leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in the Western Delta, Chief Government Ekpomupolo (a.k.a Tompolo), on Monday, broke his silence on the amnesty… Read more »

Movement of Emancipation of Niger Delta,(MEND) admits the attack on Atlas Cove jetty in Lagos.

Movement of Emancipation of Niger Delta,(MEND) admits the attack on Atlas Cove jetty in Lagos.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) said the fighters attacked the atlas cove jetty in lagos after an encouter with the navy in the lagos waters.MEND will… Read more »