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Uduaghan, the medical doctor who left indelible marks in the state after his eight-year rule as governor, said he would soon declare officially his intention to contest the senatorial seat

The militant group had recently announced plans to resume hostilities, claiming that the Federal Government had not fulfilled its promise to redress situations in the region.

The meeting, which focused on the state of insecurity, especially the breakdown of law and order in some areas and the escalating tension in the oil-rich region, was sequel to a recent threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to resume attacks on oil installations in the region

Ikenwoli gave the warning on Friday while on a peace-building visit to the monarch of Agbon Kingdom in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta, Mike Omeru in his Isiokolo palace.

Ibas, who spoke after the inspection of facilities at the Naval Engineering College, Sapele, Delta State, reassured multinational oil companies that despite the recent threat by the NDA, the navy would protect their staff and oil facilities in the Niger Delta region

In the statement signed by the group’s spokesman, Murdoch Agbinibo, the NDA said Operation Red Economy, which it had declared following the intervention of the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Forum, was officially over

According to Pepple, he was a trained safety officer in Agip and joined Saipem Nigeria, an oil serving company in 1997

The Commander of the IRT, Assistant Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, disclosed this on Tuesday

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With the development, the supply of 300,000 barrels of crude per day to Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State has been affected

The High Command of the NDA is only reacting to government’s deliberate attempts to undermine the process to dialogue and negotiations

A statement by Lieutenant Colonel Olaolu Daudu, the spokesman of the Joint Force, made this known in Bayelsa State on Tuesday

It is the first by the militant group on an oil facility since it announced a ceasefire

The NDA confirmed the blowing up of the pipeline in a statement on Saturday

Speaking at a news conference on the commemoration of the forthcoming 2016 International Day of Peace, the Director-General of IPCR, Prof. Oshita Oshita, said the Institute had embarked on several peace-building interventions

NNDEC, which described itself as an intellectual platform in the Niger Delta that is made up of true Niger Delta sons that are against the actions of the Niger Delta Avengers and their collaborators, stated this in an electronic statement issued on Sunday

This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of the group, Mudoch Agbiniogbo, who explained that the claim has the finger prints of mischief makers who wanted to distract the struggle of the group

This was contained in a letter addressed to Kalu and signed by the contact person for the East and Central Zones of the NDA , Ballatyne Agiri

The Commander of the taskforce, Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, said the military also recovered a cache of arms

he spokesman for the Dialogue Group, Ballantyne Agiri, said this in a signed statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Agiri said the NDA had constituted contact and dialogue groups to engage the Federal Government in meaningful dialogue as part of the initiatives to resolve the crisis