Niger Delta

Reporting on the politics, economy, environment, security, communities and development of Nigeria’s Niger Delta.

Government

See Who Tompolo Is Believing Will Help Him Come Out Of His Trials

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - May 3, 2016

Embattled Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, has adopted "sure and surely" strategy to break the yoke of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and...

Economy

Me And Niger Delta Avengers Have No Business – Tompolo Denies New Militancy Group

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 30, 2016

Chief Government Ekpemukpolo aka Tompolo has dissociated himself from a fledging militant group in the Niger-Delta region named as Niger Delta Avengers. The group recently claimed...

Government

Niger Delta: Navy Declares Suspected Sea Pirate, Charles Parker, Wanted

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 29, 2016

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday, April 28, 2016, declared that one Mr. Charles Ekpemefumor, aka Charles Parker, wanted in connection with the hijack of...

Government

Niger Delta: JTF Arrests 6 Sea Pirates, Recover Ammunitions From Vandals

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 29, 2016

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) on Thursday, April 28, 2016, said it has arrested six suspected vandals and sea pirates in its operation...

News

Former Niger Delta Militant Stage Protest At Akwa Ibom State House

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 27, 2016

Over 200 repentant Niger Delta warlords, on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, barricaded the entrance to the Akwa Ibom Government House, chanting songs and carrying...

Government

Military Chiefs Storm Niger Delta, On Orders From Buhari, To Take Down Militants

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 23, 2016

Nigeria’s military chiefs led by chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olanisakin and chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, are presently...

Business

Tension As Ijaw Youth Threaten To Shut Productions Over Tax Evasion By Oil Majors

Pius Godsday | Politics Reporter - Apr 23, 2016

There is tension among workers and management of Shell Producing and Development Company (SPDC) in Port Harcourt and Lagos, as youths in Bayelsa State...

Government

‘We’ll Clean-Up Niger Delta Before 2019’ – FG

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 22, 2016

The federal government has put plans in place to clean up the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as part of strategies to restore the...

Government

Nigerian Navy Bans 200 Horse Power Engines on High Seas

Omos Oyibode | Staff Reporter - Apr 22, 2016

The Nigerian Navy Service has banned the use of 200 horse power outboard engines on the nation’s coastal waters. The ban is part of measures...

Economy

New Militant Group, Niger Delta Avengers, Vows More Pipeline Blowups

Wires | The Trent - Apr 18, 2016

A group that claimed responsibility for a major attack on a pipeline in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta region said it will carry out more strikes,...

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