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By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt

Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has announced its return to the Niger Delta Creeks with Operation Humble designed to destroy targeted oil installations in the region.NDA in a statement it posted on its website at the weekend vowed to “humble” the economy into permanent recession.

The statement also said the operation would target political actors collaborating with the Nigerian Government to undermine the interest of the Niger Delta.

Stakeholders had warned the Federal Government and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio of the consequences of reneging on their agreement to constitute a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) at the end of June.

There were feelers that following the expiration of the deadline without any practical steps to constitute the board, the NDA had decided to begin afresh violent onslaught against the oil facilities in the region.

The NDA recalled that it suspended its famous, operation red economy‚ which bled the Nigerian economy into a recession about four years ago not because it was lazy but for the love, it had for the people and out of respect for the voice of the elders of the Niger Delta region.

Though NDA made no mention of the NDDC, it hinged its decision on the underdevelopment of the region and the undermining of the collective interests of the people of the region.

The NDA after a meeting of its high command said it had lost confidence in all socio-cultural groups like the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the elders and “the bunch of so-called ex-agitators frolicking with the government at our detriment”.

It said: “This operation shall be coded‚ Operation Humble aimed at bringing down targetted oil installations in the Niger Delta capable of humbling the economy into permanent recession. This mission is also targetted at political actors, who are collaborating with the Nigerian Government to undermine the interest of the Niger Delta people.

“There is no doubt that the Nigerian Government has continued to pay deaf ears to our demands and the rising challenges in the country because the pipelines that crisscrosses our lands her left untouched, allowing dollars to flow into the federal treasury on a daily basis for mismanagement.

“We shall spare no single oil installation within our range of strategic targets marked for destruction in the coming days and we bet the Nigerian Government will be humbled to return to the drawing board and chart an all-inclusive course by the time we are done with our action plan.

“Members of our strike teams across the Niger Delta are commanded to be on red alert awaiting precise strike plans as mapped by the high command of the NDA.The high command of the NDA has promoted and appointed one of our finest operatives, Field Commander Tu-ere aka Queen of the Creeks to the rank of Brigadier General. She is an experienced field agent who before now was the head of the counterintelligence unit of the NDA, using her connections with top government and security officials to deliver on her assignment.”

The statement added: “She was part of our elite Strike Teams that attacked and took down the Chevron Valve platform on the 4th of May, 2016; the Shell Forcados 48-inch Export line on the 3rd of June, 2016; and the Exxon Mobil Qua Iboe 48 Crude Oil Pipeline on the 11th of July, 2016.

“Brig. Gen. Tu-ere is the first female to ever attain this level and it is solely out of merit and is placed in charge by the High Command of the NDA to execute operation humble to the later.As a gender-friendly organization, we are using this avenue to encourage other female operatives within the rank and file of the NDA to be inspired by the rising profile of the Queen of the Creeks and never to deter in delivering on our mission of liberating our people and God-given resources from the shackles of the oppressive Nigerian Government. We advise other female operatives to emulate her and be dedicated to our mission at all times.

“Conclusively, we wish to state unequivocally and in simple terms that we are back with operation Humble; with the aim of humbling the economy into permanent recession and political players from the Niger Delta extraction to political retirement. Our Strike Teams 01 – 09 and all other formations are to regroup and remain on red alert awaiting further command.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/niger-delta-avengers-returns-with-operation-humble-to-cripple-economy/

Mynd44 Lalalisticlala

This man is such an incurable liar

Simplyleo:
Fake news.

The OP doesn't know what $7.8 trillion is.

Maybe N7.8 trillion or $7.8B

That's the first thing I noticed about the article. Nigeria hasen't even earned half that amount from oil sales since 1960.

Olayetan:
You expect me to frisk my rider or their package to know what's on them or inside the package before i let them into my car?

No I expect you to get caught and try explaining to the authorities about how innocent you are

Olayetan:
Exactly, i drive uber too and anyone would have taken the package without knowing the content, they should free the uber man cux he's innocent...

One day please carry a passenger with drugs in your uber, get caught and explain to the authorities that you've got nothing to do with it. We will come and visit you in your cell

Karlovych:
On this rare occasion there was unity in the criminal offence

True but one out of the three is always constant while the remaining two are variables

Same thing happened in Maiduguri, Borno state exactly 10 years ago when those people were hailing their own "unknown Gunmen"

Pierocash:
whether he made such mistake of acertaining the content or not isn't the point . The point is that he is innocent of this crime. I am talking from experience

How do you know the idiot is innocent? Someone caught with drugs in his luggage is innocent? Were you there

Pierocash:
no bro, he may not know. He may see it as one good man who wants to help him get a good club,and decide to also just help him drop the bags without knowing the idiot is a drug baron

Only an idiot will not check the contents of a bag given to him.

Simplyleo:
Na dis kind news dey make ipob miscreants dey agitate to comot from Nigeria.

Why should criminals be arrested? How do you expect ipob to survive without crime?

According to them every single Fulani herdsman must be arrested first before going after any IPOB criminal

AfricanGiant91:
It was revised by king james not writing by him...hope u undstnd 'Revised' if not use Google web search

So a mere king can "revise" the word of God? Even google cant help you out of this one

James4358:
Buhari is a terrorist!

How can the Bible be the word of God when it was written by King James?

naptu2:
Abacha is not the only person to become a 4-star general without skipping a rank. He was the first, but he is not the only person.

Who else?

Ibos what is wrong with you people? Almost every single day. What the hell man �

Jamesbally:
Nna, hapum aka.

I'm Igbo from Aba.

No you're a northerner just like me

Jamesbally:
Emefele is a Biafran, the worst and most clueless CBN Governor Nigeria ever had. Buhari should sack him ASAP.

Why do you hate ibos so much?

Simplyleo:
Batteries are part of solar panel installation.

Did you see it anywhere in the report that there are no batteries for the installation?

The issue is, after installation, which "way too high" maintenance is required?

And yes, I use solar panel with 4 (200AH each) deep cycle batteries in my house. For the past 2 years plus, I haven't spent a dime on the system.

Is it possible to connect a 24v solar panel to a 12v battery? Also is it possible to connect a 24v battery to a 12v inverter?

We knew all the while who they are: IPOB/ ESN terrorists

Christianity is the most useless Man made religion ever invented

ImadeUReadThis:
And if that doesn't happen, I promise to deactivate all my accounts before wiping all my threads and posts on NL.

Do we have a deal?

Oga time to deactivate now. We had a deal remember?

cc Imhotep

sunboy:
I’m trying to report his dealer to the police. Cut off the supply chain, starve the buyers

The dealer will send his 'Proud Boys" to come after you Washington DC style. I beg just leave the guy and his dealer alone

sunboy:
Can I meet your dealer?

Do you want to go insane? Can't you see that the OP is living in the clouds?

imhotep:
1. Biden 2020.
2. Trump 10 to 20 years in prison.

IMadeYouReadThis

Should scientists artificially cool the planet to stave off climate catastrophe? Here's everything you need to know:

What is geoengineering?
Some climate scientists are coming to believe it's humanity's only hope for slowing or stopping disastrous changes in the climate. As runaway carbon dioxide emissions contribute to melting ice caps, widespread flooding, prolonged heat waves and droughts, apocalyptic wildfires, and devastating hurricanes, researchers are exploring planetary-scale interventions in Earth's natural systems as a way of counteracting climate change. Geoengineering has been debated since the 1960s, when U.S. scientists suggested floating billions of white, golf ball–like objects in the oceans to reflect sunlight. Interfering in natural processes was widely considered naïve and dangerous until recently, but as the window to curb global warming shrinks, proposals to reflect sunlight, shade Earth's surface, accelerate carbon absorption in the oceans, and remove CO2 from the air are being taken more seriously. In October, SilverLining, a nonprofit, gave $3 million toward climate-engineering research. "I liken geoengineering to chemotherapy," said Michael Gerrard, a professor of environmental and climate law at Columbia University. "If all else is failing, you try it."

What are the most plausible proposals?
SilverLining's grant recipients are researching whether humans can blast sunlight-reflecting aerosol particles into the stratosphere, mimicking the cooling effect of volcanic ash clouds. In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, spewing sulphate particles into the atmosphere that caused global temperatures to drop 0.6 degrees Celsius over the next two years. Solar-radiation management would involve sending fleets of airplanes up about 65,000 feet, where they'd spray sulfate aerosols into the upper atmosphere, or perhaps even diamond dust. A research team at Harvard University projects that if high-altitude tankers had the capacity to make 60,000 particle dumps by 2035, it would shave off 0.3 degrees Celsius of warming.

What else is being explored?
Another idea is to pump salt water from oceans into the air, forming water droplets that would make marine clouds brighter and thus more reflective. Australia is funding research, hoping enhanced clouds could cool water temperatures enough to save the already damaged Great Barrier Reef. Cambridge University researchers are studying whether ships can pump salt particles into low-lying polar clouds to help refreeze polar ice caps. Other researchers wonder whether seeding oceans with iron could stimulate the growth of marine algae, which soaks up CO2 from the air. For now, solar-radiation management is thought to be scientifically the sturdiest candidate. "We know with 100 percent certainty that we can cool the planet," said Dr. Douglas MacMartin, a Cornell University engineer.

So why not do it now?
Meddling with Mother Nature is risky. Earth's weather systems are interconnected in extremely complex ways, which is why climate change is believed to impact everything from how long hurricanes linger over coastlines to how fast wildfires accelerate. Tinkering with one aspect of weather could have dangerous, unforeseen ripple effects: Two years ago, Nature called geoengineering "outlandish and unsettling." Could blocking sunlight, for example, impact the Asian monsoon, which 2 billion people depend on for food crops, or alter the oceans' acidity? For geoengineering to be politically feasible, scientists would have to convince ordinary people that it's worth the calculated risk. Last year, Harvard sought to send a balloon into the stratosphere over Tucson in order to release small amounts of calcium carbonate (chalk) to test whether the reflective particles could block some sunlight, but public outcry forced the experiment to be postponed.

Is safety the only concern?
No. Some climate activists argue that geoengineering serves as a get-out-of-jail-free panacea that would allow carbon-emitting corporations to conduct business as usual. They argue that no technological breakthrough would eliminate the long-term need to abandon fossil fuels. Raymond Pierrehumbert, a Nobel Prize–winning professor at Oxford University, compares relying on geoengineering without cutting emissions to "jumping off the Washington Monument and hoping somebody invents anti-gravity before you hit the ground."

Where do most scientists stand?
The global failure to make major emissions cuts is causing many experts to reconsider geoengineering. Compared with the massive financial consequences of global warming, the estimated $2 billion annual price tag to develop solar engineering over 15 years is quite inexpensive. In March, an Australian team conducted one of the world's first geoengineering trials, using 100 nozzles to enhance existing clouds by blasting salt water into the air. In theory, it would take about 1,000 nozzles to save the entire Great Barrier Reef from dying off. "People are right to fear overreliance on techno-fixes," says Harvard professor David Keith. "But there's another nightmare: We realize in hindsight that early use of geoengineering could have saved millions of lives lost in heat waves and helped preserve some of the natural world."

Sucking carbon out of the air
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world must remove 1 trillion tons of carbon by 2100 to have any hope of avoiding more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming. A proposed solution, carbon capture, takes two forms: removing CO2 directly from the emissions of power plants and other industrial facilities or scrubbing it from the atmosphere. At least 19 large-scale projects worldwide are working to capture CO2 from smokestacks at coal or natural gas plants; such a system was created in 2017 at a Texas coal plant but shut down this May because it captured just 17 percent of emissions, not the targeted 33 percent. The more ambitious plan for carbon capture involves installing pipes to suck carbon from the sky, then store it deep underground. Several companies have developed technology to do just that, but the process remains very expensive. Stripe, a startup company, enables companies and individuals to contribute money to fund carbon removal, as a means of getting the technology off the ground. "This is a hardware problem; it's an infrastructure problem; it's a science problem," Nan Ransohoff, the head of Stripe Climate, told The Atlantic. "It takes a long time to develop carbon removal. This is not Snapchat."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-artificially-cool-planet-stave-110003837.html

This is not supposed to be posted in the politics section. Please shift it to romance

ngadaAwo:
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Are you high?

ngadaAwo:
nonsense propaganda by useless drunk prostitute laureta

Mynd44 OMA4J rule 2 violation

Yolmelifya:
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Mr bloodykiller today is Sunday. Go to church and seek deliverance from this affliction that has taken over your life

hammerF:
WHICH ANAMBRA?

ANY MAGIC TRICK IN MY STATE WILL END DISASTROUSLY.

WE WILL NOT TELL U WAT WILL HAPPEN IF APC TRIES TO IMPOSE THEMSELVES ON US.


WE WILL SHOW U AND U WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANAMBRA AND IMO STATE.


U WILL SEE.

empty chestbeating threats. Oga you can do nothing more than rant on social media