Warri — THE Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday launched a major offensive on the hideouts of regrouped militants in the Niger Delta region, in response to the Federal Government directive, capturing 14 militants’ camps even as ‘General’ John Togo, the wanted leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force, destroyed his own camp with dynamites and […]
President Goodluck Jonathan said the ongoing assault on militant camps in the creeks of the Niger Delta by the Joint Military Taskforce (JTF) has full presidential backing and is a deliberate operation to cripple those who continue to hide under the acronyms of Niger Delta militant to engage in criminal acts of self-enrichment. view full […]
Booming sounds of guns and artillery rent the air in the creeks of the Niger Delta yesterday, as soldiers and militants engaged in a duel in Delta and Bayelsa states. view full text featured image culled from www.upstream.com
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said plans are underway to launch series of attacks on oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region soon.It also said that it was holding several expatraites hostage including three French nationals and a Thai national seized off Nigeria’s coast in recent weeks, Jomo Gbomo, a […]
Seven foreign crew kidnapped in an attack on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria are being held by the country’s main militant group. The hostages include two Frenchmen, two Indonesians, two Americans and a Canadian.view full text featured image courtesy of http://www.nairaland.com
Five people were taken hostage on Monday from an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria.Two of them are believed to be French, according to a French Foreign Ministry spokesperson. The rig in the Delta region was attacked early Monday morning, according to the company that overseas it. view full text featured image culled from reutersmedia.net
featured image courtesy of PMnews.com It was a mixture of good and bad news for Nigeria yesterday as oil prices reached a two-year high point before the celebration was tempered by the report of yet another kidnap saga in the Niger Delta.view full text
Gunmen attacked an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, kidnapping five people including foreigners and injuring two crew. Following is a timeline of unrest in the region since the late President Umaru Yar’Adua took office in 2007. June 2007 – After new President Umaru Yar’Adua takes office, a court frees former militia leader […]