...Ijaw Youths Council hails cessation of hostilities The ceasefire announced by the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, on Saturday night has offered new hope for the resolution of the crisis in the oil-rich region as several stakeholders welcomed the development on Sunday. Leading the pack...

There is a crack in the ranks of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). This came to the fore as a splinter group renounced its membership of the dreaded and destructive Niger Delta Avengers and embraced dialogue, promising to expose other members of the group and...

…. MEND Reaches Agreement with FG Team on N/Delta Crisis In a deliberate effort to curtail and stop incessant destructions of oil pipelines in the Niger Delta by militants, a strategic security office and an economic agency of federal government have been working behind the...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that the Federal Government was actually dialoguing with Niger Delta militants through the oil companies and law enforcement agents. Spokesperson of the group, Jomo Gbomo, in a press statement,...

Finally the battle line is drawn between the major militants in the South-South region as the old Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) confronts the new Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) on destruction of oil pipelines. MEND who was used during President Umar...