The Coordinator of the programme, retired Brigadier General Paul Boroh, made the disclosure in a chat with newsmen in Abuja on Monday
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Addressing journalists on Sunday in Abuja, the National President of ASJA, Torkuma Venatius, said granting amnesty to militants who have engaged in destruction of national assets is like rewarding criminality and has the capability of eroding patriotism
Buratai confirmed the incident while addressing troops at the commencement of the exercise in Sapele, Delta State on Saturday
Adeyemi made the commendation while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Chief Williston Okirika, the Bolowei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, read out the conditions on behalf of the chiefs when they visited the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu
The governor said this on Thursday in Port Harcourt at a stakeholders meeting on how peace could be restored in the state
The JTF has said sequel to the development, it henceforth go on the offensive to fish out militants operating in the creeks of Niger Delta
The OPC chief, while speaking during the 2016 edition of the annual Ifa Festival, organised by the Olokun Festival Foundation, which took place in Abule-Ado area of Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos State, described the invasion of the South West by militants as “one too many”
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, made the revelation when he met with the representatives of local manufacturers of fertilisers
The government says it has been holding talks with militants they suspect of being behind a recent wave of attacks on pipelines that has reduced Nigeria’s crude output by 700,000 barrels a day
Raymos Guanah, former Delta State Commissioner for Lands and Survey, gave the advice in an interview
The attack was said to have witnessed heavy shooting by the militants
Oil militants have slashed Nigerian oil production with attacks this year on installations in the south
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the development
He called on well-meaning Nigerians to persuade the militants to give peace a chance, saying that his administration would continue to ensure justice and fairness in the country
He said: “It will be counterproductive for ex-agitators to take to the streets at a time the federal government is making frantic efforts to address the challenges facing the programme
“It was very difficult getting the Niger Delta Avengers to the negotiating table but we eventually did through a proxy channel and achieved the truce,” said the official, who asked not to be identified
Among those listed by the NDA as sabotaging its own efforts were the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva; a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ayiri Emami; and an ex-militant, Ebikabowei Ben, popularly known as Boyloaf.
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A travel agent, Oladele Ogundare, was said to be returning home in his car when the rampaging militants opened fire on his car and killed him
Attahiru said the decision was part of the resolutions reached at the end of a meeting of field commanders and principal staff officers, which was convened by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Yusuf Buratai, in Abuja