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louqas:
Okay , WHAT WAS GEJ ACHIEVEMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA IN 5 YEARS OF HIS PRESIDENCY

Answer now

kodded:
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Daz true on NDA Twitter handle no such statement all lies from enemies of ND may d gods punish d originator of dis news...moreover Buhari will not come....
































I am very sure that the call was made by a jobless Yoruba man in osun state trying so hard to incite the international community with the niger delta avengers








the last rine I checked, the militants have not said anything concerning biafra, neither have the threaten death on anyone







intact these guys have said it countless times that since they started the blowing of oil pipeline, they have recorded zero casualties, so why will they want to destroy that record now ?








so why will they call someone on phone, when the only way they are communicating with the outside world is through their Twitter handle and through their spokesman


















believe this news at your peril




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tbaba1234:
The clean up is a continuous process that will last 30 years..

Do you know that the North East is a whole region not a community?

outknow:
Meanwhile, militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, said yesterday that in spite of the federal government’s deployment of fighter jets and the military in Delta State, it would not relent in its violent attacks on critical oil installations in the region.

The group, which said the heavy presence of the military would not stop them from their planned action that would shock the whole world, noted that Gbaramatu, now under military siege, was just one kingdom out the several Ijaw kingdoms spread across seven states.

The group, in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Brig-Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, said emphatically, “it is not our business what goes on in Gbaramatu Kingdom but our concern is the innocent children, women and aged people whom the Nigerian military has chased away from their homes now taking refuge in the forest”.

It alleged that some people (names withheld) benefitting from contracts for pipeline surveillance were behind the military invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom in the guise of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers.

It queried: “The question is, why the innocent people of Gbaramatu, why the innocent pregnant women, why unleash terror on the aged people of Gbaramatu? Must you waste all these innocent blood just to secure the pipeline surveillance job?”
The militant group berated the International Community and the United Nations for looking the other way while the military occupied the kingdom.

The NDA also took a swipe on Tompolo for accepting the treatment being meted on his people wondering whether he would still refer to them as criminals.
The railings of the militants provided the opportunity for the Nigerian Army of not wanting to embrace dialogue yesterday.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who was represented by Brig.-Gen. J. Hamakim, at the ‘State of the Nation Conference’, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja yesterday said the Army had not ruled out dialogue with the group
Speaking on the activities of the Niger Delta Avengers in the oil rich region, Hamakim said that dialogue with the group was not yet a realistic option.

He was responding to a submission that government should explore dialogue with the Niger Delta militants instead of applying force that could further worsen the nation’s oil production in the region.
Hamakim, said in his response, that there was no sign that the Niger Delta Avengers’ members were ready for dialogue.
He said: “I quite agree that dialogue is very important. But where it is not too obvious that the adversary is ready to come out and talk, you can also force such a person.

“I think that is what the Nigeria Army is trying to do. Yes, we don’t know the group’s leader, for now; that is the only option, possibly we have to bring the people out to know who you can dialogue with.”
He said the activities of the group were affecting oil production as the nation’s production had recently further plummeted to 1.1 million barrels per day.
He debunked the allegation that soldiers who were involved in the operations in Gbaramatu were killing innocent residents and raped women.

“We have done our investigation and nothing like that is happening,” he said.
He also said the demonstrations by Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) leading to a clash between the protesters and security forces in Onitsha on Monday, were not peaceful.
Hamakim said: “Remember that lives were lost, policemen were killed, some were thrown overboard and the military has rules of engagement.

“The question is how peaceful is the peaceful demonstration. How peaceful was the demonstration at that time? If it was that peaceful, how come we lost security agencies.
“The rule of engagement is that if you feel threatened, you have the mandate to respond. What we can say is, that was not at all a demonstration that you can say was peaceful.”
He regretted that other security agencies in the country had been “overwhelmed”, a situation which he said had necessitated the Army to move “from the last line of defence to the first line of defence”.

In a related development, the Flag Officer Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Commodore Mohammed Garba, said last night that five suspects had been arrested in connection with the bombings of NNPC crude pipelines in Batan community in Warri South West Local Government.
Briefing journalists at the NNS Delta, Warri, Commodore Garba disclosed that two of the suspects have been moved to another military location.

He said another three were arrested while siphing crude oil from an oil well head close to the bombed Batan community where the NNPC crude lines were bombed in Batan community.
Commodore Garba denied intimidation of innocent people in the search for members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in both Delta and Bayelsa States.
He said the operations were in line with international best practices noting that the “enemies of the state are resorting to propaganda to win sympathy.

The naval boss explained that the deployment of fighter jets and gun ships were to aide the Joint Military operations going on in the region.
But spokesman of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief Godspower Gbenekama, has accused President Muhammadu of not having a grasp of the issues in the Niger Delta.

‘’He’s in power , but he cannot grasp the issues in the Niger Delta. He was in the military, but he was mostly about capturing, molesting and gaining ground for the government. But in a democratic government it’s not like that.
‘’He’s still saying he’s going after this and that. He can go after criminal elements but a situation where you make people less human, doesn’t make sense,’’ the Ijaw chief said.
He added: “He (Buhari) should change his approach of ‘I will kill you, I will destroy you’. The avengers have a bad approach, but what is pushing them is beyond the knowledge of the president.

‘’A holistic approach is needed, the amnesty programme is just scratching the problem. The problem of molestation, deprivation, hunger and telling the people that they are not good enough to be educated. Stopping work at the maritime school is saying the same thing’’, he said.
In another development, some lawmakers from the Niger Delta have warned the military against compounding the crisis in the region.

Reacting yesterday to the invasion of Gbaramatu community in Delta State by the heavily armed soldiers, who claimed to be looking for members of the Niger Delta Avengers, a new militant group who had recently claimed responsibility on the attacks of oil facilities, Hon. Daniel Reyeneiju, representing Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State, said deployment of troops and aerial bombardment to the region was a wrong move and may aggravate the situation.
Speaking with THISDAY, the lawmaker said the same hard approach had been deployed in the region before, and only served to aggravate the militancy.

Reyeneiju recalled that at the height of militancy at the inception of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Administration, oil production dropped from 2.2 million bpd to 800,000.
“We must have institutional memory, and be able to examine how the issues were resolved then,” he said.

He said that while it is necessary to bring those involved in ‘’economic sabotage’’ to justice, deployment of troops — who would harass innocent civilians, is also an act of injustice against the people of the region.
“Nobody seems to know what has caused the resurgence of militancy in the region, because even the Avengers have not come out with any demands, and this makes us all worried,” Reyeneiju said.

He advised the federal government to work closely with the state governments and leaders of the Niger Delta states.
In the same vein, Hon. Diri Nonye from Bayelsa said the scenario of the Odi invasion, where several civilians were killed by soldiers, is being replayed.
“Vandals have destroyed and on the run, innocent Ijaw residents are now targets of military invasion. This is not acceptable,” he said.

Nonye called in the military to be proactive and properly target the vandals involved in destruction of pipelines, instead of harassing civilians.
On his part, Hon. Kingsley Chinda (Rivers PDP) lamented that the current administration, even though a civilian one, seems bent on militarising the Nigerian state.

“It is unconscionable to assault, harass and gruesomely murder innocent citizens including pregnant women under the guise of searching for perceived criminals’’, Chinda said.
“This marks the difference between a civilian democrat and military born again Democrat. I call on the commander of the armed forces to immediately withdraw the solders and fight crime in line with the rule of law and conscionable standards.”


http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/01/we-wont-back-down-militants-tell-fg/

Businessideas:
Nigeria to begin exporting rice from Kebbi State



The Buhari led administration said Nigerian farmers would begin exporting rice in months.

The statement was made on behalf of the president by the Acting Director, Corporate Communication of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Isaac Okoroafor.

According to Okoroafor, “Out of 6.1 million tons of rice needed to feed Nigerians, Kebbi State farmers alone produced over one million tons.

Okoroafor said the Apex bank is set to increase loans to rice farmers. The farmers in reaction said they are yet to be able to access the funds. In response, Okoroafor stated that “From the N220 billion, we are doing what is called the Anchor Borrower Program. We have just completed a pilot project in Kebbi State on rice and other states like Ebonyi, Taraba and Benue are queuing up.

“The Buhari led administration have realized that when farmers borrow money on their own to plant tomatoes, rice, cassava, and other farm produce, after harvesting, nobody take the produce from them and the market is lean too.

http://vanguardnigeria.org/nigeria-begin-exporting-rice-kebbi-state/

AceRoyal:
Our dear brother Tompolo, how is your friendship with the Nigerian Government. The people you took side with against us (the Niger Delta Avengers). We offered you the olive branch by beckoning you to join us in this struggle, but you refused

It is not our business what goes on in Gbaramatu Kingdom but our concern is the innocent children, women and aged people whom the Nigerian military has chased away from their homes now taking refuge in the forest. We warned you before hand that the Nigerian Government, can never be trusted.

To the Nigeria military, why are you looking for soft targets? If you are looking for the Avengers you know how to find us. Don’t deceive your President. Information gathered by the Intelligence unit of the Niger Delta Avengers revealed that Oil Marine Services (OMS) whose Chairman and CEO is Capt. Okunbor Idahosa also known, as Capt. Hosa is the company Nigerian Government awarded the Pipeline surveillance contract to spanning from Escravos to Lokoja. The said Capt. Hosa bribed the Brigade Commander Benin (Brig. Gen. Faruk Yahaya) alongside the Officer Commanding Army Gunboat, JTF (Major. M. B. Yahaya) with the sum of two hundred and fifty million naira (250,000,000) in collaboration with one Ayiri Emami to destroy Gbaramatu Kingdom in the guise of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers.

The question is, why the innocent people of Gbaramatu, why the innocent pregnant women, why unleash terror on the aged people of Gbaramatu, Capt. Hosa, Major Yahaya, Ayiri and Brid. Gen Faruk must you waste all these innocent blood just to secure the pipeline surveillance job? Why making the innocent people of Gbaramatu suffer? This act of the Nigerian Army to us is the greatest act of cowardice. This fight we believe is against the Avengers and not the innocent villagers of Gbaramatu Kingdom.

Where is the International Community and the United Nations when all these unspeakable injustice, is served the people of Gbaramatu Kingdom by the very unprofessional Nigerian Military? Are they not aware of the raping of young girls, looting and destruction of properties by the Nigeria military in Gbaranmatu kingdom?

As for you Tompolo, what do you have to say about the horrible treatment meted your people by Nigerian Military, are you still going to call the Niger Delta Avengers criminals, are you still going to take side with the Nigeria Government against your people? What happened to you (Tompolo)? We respect the love you have for your people the Niger Delta. What is really happening to you when the likes of Mr Ayiri, Capt Hosa and Co are unleashing this kind of atrocities on your people, has the wealth you acquire made you soft that you don’t know what to do anymore?

The Nigerian Military cannot intimidate us by harassing innocent Niger Deltans. Gbaramatu is just one kingdom in Delta State. The Niger Delta is made up of seven States, it is therefore very funny to lure us to halt our well-planned line of actions that will shock the whole world by harassing innocent villagers.

To you Capt. Hosa the new pipeline protector; the intelligence unit of the Avengers has your full data, we know where all your assets are located and that most of your businesses are in the Niger Delta. For this single act of injustice against the innocent people of Gbaramatu you, your wife and entire family will suffer.

To Major M.B. Yahaya, we are sure you have not seen real combat before; how did you rose to the rank of a Major this is to show that Nigerian Military is finished if it to depend on people like you. You are only good at harassing innocent women and children in the name of looking for the Niger Delta Avengers. We are not surprised because all Nigerian Military are corrupt. Be assured that we are making this fight personal with you as we shall make your life a living hell. Can anyone tell the difference between Major MB Yahaya, Brig. Gen Faruk Yahaya and Boko Haram? We are asking because we cannot spot any difference.

Is the Nigeria military now a hired gun for the rich? The Amnesty International should take note of these officers who authorized the harassing of the innocent people of Gbaranmatu.

To the International Oil Companies and Indigenous Oil Companies, it’s going to be bloody this time around. Your facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury, which shall fall upon you like a whirling wind.

Brig.Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperon.

madridguy:
I STAND WITH BUHARI.

Dmillionaire:
pmb is a cause to this generation

razortruth:
Waste of time. Guerilla warfare ain't conventional warfare. It's most probable they hit and relocate to other country or region. Dialogue will win this situation more than tanks and war ships. But wait, how many war ships have this army rolled out against fulani herds men who unlike avengers who destroy pipes, murders innocent old people, women and kids in their own ancestral homes and destroy their farm lands after killing them in hundreds? So one Nigeria is all about oil in niger delta?

crazymod:
Broda we don't have another country but we can always have another leader or another army chief.

All the negative things happening in Nigeria now is as a result of negative mindset of Nigerians.

ganisucks:
http://www.punchng.com/military-rescued-11595-bharam-captives-buhari/

osinbanjoisaliar:
www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/28/indimi-i-donated-900000-not-14-million/

DONSMITH123:
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has condemned calls for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the funding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 Presidential campaign.
Oyegun, while speaking on WE FM’s “The Encounter with Constance Ikokwu,” said unlike the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which used public funds to finance its campaign, APC’s financing of the party’s Presidential campaign came from individual donations, thereby making it wrong to call for a probe.

He said, “You are comparing apples and grapes. It is the people’s money. You can’t use the money of the people to run parties and so the APC today is suffering from that basic correct policy decision.

“But campaign funds cannot come from the monies that belong to the generality of Nigerians.

“Individuals can donate, and companies can donate subject to limits that the law provides. We are not touching those. But where you take monies meant for positioning troops in the North East to fight against Boko Haram to fund parties (and) the most recent – when you take our crude, gave unregistered crude to exporters, repatriate the proceeds and use them to finance your political campaigns – that is wrong. That is impunity at its worst. So they are not comparable.”

He also stated that the current administration would not spare any of state governors found to have used public fund to finance their respective campaigns.

“As at today, of course there are APC governors and ex-governors that are under investigation, maybe not in respect or specifically campaign funds but there are.

“The basic principle is – impunity must be removed from the system and wherever the tree falls, so let it be!

“I am sure that if that happens, the kind of president that we have will look the other way. Normal process must take its course.”

Oyegun, while admitting that the ruling party is currently in a serious financial crises, stressed that the party won’t rely on the President for bail out.

He disclosed that a mechanism has been put in place that would make every member to pay at least N100 monthly due, adding that the party can realise between N10 million and N20 million monthly.

“We came into office as part of change and as far as our political situation is concerned it means that party should not be funded from public funds and that is the reality.

“And so we are making members to pay. We have over 12 million registered members of the party and we have all had a system where everyone will pay at least N100 per month to legitimize their membership.

“If in our calculation, five of N10 million of these we manage to collect them, at the end of the day we have very little,” Oyegun said.


http://dailypost.ng/2016/05/27/buhari-didnt-use-public-funds-for-presidential-campaign-stop-calling-for-probe-oyegun/

kayfra:
Where is Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu on that map?

sight:
www.leadership.ng/news/530784/ex-militants-return-pipeline-protection-fg

rapistbuhari:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/herdsmen-take-gov-ortoms-home-kill-50-destroy-rice-farm/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

LasgidiOnline:
The APC Governors Forum led by their Chairman, Governor Rochas A Okorocha yesterday 26th May visited Benue state to commiserate with the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom over the invasion and killing by Fulani herdsmen in some Benue communities.

Those who attended were Plateau, Niger and Imo state governors.The governors has since returned to their states.

See more photos below...

http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2016/05/apc-governors-visit-benue-state-photos.html

Keneking:
Ok

What is a sovereign state?

- In international law, a sovereign state is a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.

-International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined territory, one government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states.

-It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state.

Issues:

- They want install their people and control our resources. E.g Jonathan would be their Prime Minister or President
- MNC's would be paying them taxes and royalties, there would be lots of cash available to them.
- They would still not be richer. Their predicaments would not improve. Even pollutions would increase thereby degrading their natural sources of livelihood.
- Issues of legitimacy would arise and the Western powers would do the needful.
- Nigeria and its Army would deal with them accordingly in line with global practise.
- Rise in militancy is expected in the region various groups would emerge for example Bini's, Efik, Esan, Ibibio, Igbo, Annang, Oron, Ijaw, Itsekiri, Yoruba, Isoko, Urhobo, Ukwuani, Kalabari and Ogoni would join the fray.
- Economically, our Naira would still be a unifying currency for Nigeria and the so called sovereign state.
- My brothers from the South East would be divided along the lines of joining or remaining in one Nigeria

What nonsense
Jonathan sef

tickles2luv2016:
You don't know what ur talking about,on top which waters or territory dem wan do fishing, abi na d water wey nigerian navy go don take over ,wos wobi niger delta no get waterways abeg na nigeria get am.

InvertedHammer:
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8 years of their son in Aso Rock and he didn't develop ND.

Do they think Buhari will develop ND area?

I guess they are just waking up from slumber.

They should call their son to give account of his stewardship in Aso Rock. They wasted the opportunities given to them in a platter of gold.
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ganaziah:
And you will go to the market to buy food stuffs brought from the north.
What if FG decides to block every means of supplies to the region (including air, road and sea) in which they have the power to do, you know we will be on a long thing.

If we start drinking 'our oyel', that same 'our oyel' will start killing 'our people' (poisoned lands and water).

I know I've offended some people. I've already braced myself, let them come

babyfaceafrica:
Why can't the NDA confrom danjuma,Atiku and all oilblock owner in ND head on?,why must they resort to blowing pipelines...if that's not cowardice,what is it?