militants

The federal government of Nigeria has uncovered the firm supplying bombs and explosives to militants, The Nation reports. According to the National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj.-Gen. Muhammed Babagana Monguno it has been revealed that the explosives were diverted by Nigerian Development and...

The micro-blogging platform, Twitter and one of the fastest growing online community has suspended the official account of the Niger Delta Avengers handle. Niger Delta Avengers claimed responsibilities for the recent attacks on pipeline installations in the Niger Delta region, blowing up five...

The new militant group, Red Scorpions, yesterday, claimed to have bombed an oil pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Oil Company, in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Council of Imo State. The members of the new group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, had emerged in the week...

The leadership of the Nigerian Army has renewed commitment to tackle militancy in the Niger Delta Region, this was at a meeting of the general officers commanding, presided over by the Chief Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai at the Army Headquarters See video:

The joint revolutionary council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), which claims to be the highest organ of “all the freedom fighting body” in the Niger Delta, has declared ceasefire. The group had earlier threatened to launch six missiles in the region and to also shut Nigeria’s...

A new militant group, Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta, has emerged with a threat to continue to attack oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta region unless the Nigerian government agreed to award 60 per cent oil blocs to the people of the region. According to PUNCH, the new group which...

Former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has fled to Libya, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, alleged on Monday. The group, which threatened, last week, to test six missiles in the Niger Delta states, beginning from tomorrow (Tuesday), said: “The Military can’t...

Assembly of Concern Niger Delta People (ACNDP), a Socio-Political group has appealed to President Muhammaudu Buhari to appoint his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as special envoy to Niger Delta. National Coordinator of the group, Mr Eperemor Governor, made the appeal in a statement on...

The United States has identified dialogue as a possible way of resolving the renewed militant attacks on oil installations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. The Spokesman of the Embassy of the United States in Nigeria, Sean McIntosh, told Channels Television that America remains one of the...

The government of President Muhammadu Buhari has announced an agreement with former Niger Delta militants. Paul Boroh, the presidential adviser on Niger-Delta matters and coordinator of the amnesty programme, said that government and former militants agreed to end the pipeline vandalism. Boroh...

Less than 48 hour after blowing up the main pipeline facilities of Chevron, the Niger delta avengers have claimed responsibility for bombing another oil facilities in the oil rich zone of the country. The group on their twitter handle said: "At About 2;15am on Saturday the @NDAvengers blow up...

Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has launched multiple attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region, has struck yet again. The group announced its latest assault on Friday, saying it blew up a gas and crude trunk line belonging to the Nigerian National...

The Niger Delta avengers on Thursday, blew up Chevron Nigeria Limited’s onshore oil facilities in the Niger Delta, forcing the company to shut down its operations. The disruption in Chevron’s operation was caused by the Niger Delta Avengers, who claimed the bombing of the facility’s mains...

Five suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, were captured by the Nigerian soldiers after the bombing of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, pipeline at Makaraba community, Gbaramatu clan, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The 19th Battalion, Nigerian Army, Koko...

Fierce looking soldiers invaded Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, again, on Saturday, the second time in five days, allegedly in search of militants of the Niger Delta Avengers, the group bombing oil pipelines in the...

Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, weekend, set up a high-powered Advocacy Committee, headed by the Deputy Governor, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, to tackle pipeline vandalism in the state. Vanguard learned that he gave the committee marching orders to proceed to the riverine areas of...

The new militant group in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has stated that its ultimate goal is to secure a Sovereign State of Niger Delta for its people. Spokesperson for the group, which had repeatedly claimed responsibility of the recent renewed pipeline bombings in the...

According to The Nation, gunmen suspected to be militants on Tuesday killed three soldiers at Foropa, Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State. Details later…

Niger Delta militants have blown up the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) crude trunkline supplying both the Warri and Kaduna refineries. An oil flow station feeding the Chevron Tank farm in Warri south west local government area of Delta state, was also attacked, in addition to...

A bomb on a bus carrying government employees in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed 15 people on Wednesday, officials said. The attack took place on a main road after the bus picked up government workers from districts surrounding Peshawar and was taking them to work in the city. Senior...