Ex-Militants Demand Share Of Tompolo’s $1.3bn Pipeline Surveillance Contract
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A coalition of former militant leaders and stakeholders in the Niger Delta region has written to President Bola Tinubu over the controversy trailing the move to seek re-approval More...
Panic In Ijaw Community As Ex-Militant Crown Himself Egbema King
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Palpable tension on Wednesday engulfed the nine communities making up the Egbema Ijaw Clan of Edo and Delta States, as Mr Henry Binidodougha, declared himself the traditional ruler More...
N’Delta Amnesty: It’s Time To Check Mate Dokubo
Dokubo By Eyerin Bature It is on record that the Amnesty Programme was created by late President Yar ‘Adua’s administration for the development, education and empowerment of hostile Niger Delta youths so as More...
N’Delta: Succour As Buhari Releases N30bn To Ex-Militants. Plans To Release N5bn More
Buhari LAGOS MAY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)- There seems to be relief as the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari released an additional N30 billion to step-up the Amnesty Programme in the oil rich but impoverished More...
Niger-Delta: Ex-Militants Disrupt NDDC Programme
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Some ex-agitators in the Niger Delta on Tuesday disrupted a hearing organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to investigate allegations of corruption and racketeering More...
Four Ex-Militant First Class Graduates Of Benson Idahosa University Absolved as Varsity Lecturers
Paul Boroh LAGOS MARCH 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Four ex- militants have been employed as university lecturers after dropping their arms, going back to school and graduating with First Class Honours after their Bachelor’s More...
Amnesty: Aggrieved Ex- Niger Delta Militants Call For the Sack Of Gen Boroh
Gen Paul Boroh By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Sequel to the refusal to include them in the federal government amnesty programme, Third Phase Leader of the arms struggle, Comrade Seiyefa More...
Three Ex-militants Bag First Class Degrees in UK Varsities, 18 Others Get Second Class
John Boroh and three of the graduates LAGOS AUHUST 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Three repentant militants who got Nigerian government scholarships to study abroad under the Niger Delta Amnesty programme have bagged First class More...
Pro-Biafra Ex-militants Hijack Ship, Demand Kanu’s Release Within 31 Days or Kill Crews
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A group of supposedly former militants has hijacked a ship off the Bakassi Peninsula coastline and threatened to blow it up along with its foreign crew if the detained Director More...
Tensions Build in N’ Delta over Move to Streamline Amnesty
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Nigeria (Reuters) – Enjoying a chilled cider in a hotel pool bar, former Nigerian militant leader Ebi John has a simple message for President Muhammadu Buhari – keep More...
Tompolo, MEND Leaders Regroup on Saturday in Bayelsa
Tompolo LAGOS JULY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND and High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, yesterday, summoned commanders and leaders of More...
Motorists, Travelers Stranded as Ex-militants Barricade East-West Road
PROFILE PICS LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)—Protesting ex-militants, yesterday, barricaded the Mbiama axis of the East-West Road over alleged non-payment of their allowances by the amnesty office. The protesters, More...
Senator-Elect, Shehu Sani Urges Buhari to Scrap Amnesty Program for Ex-Militants
Shehu Sani LAGOS MAY 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Senator-elect for Kaduna Central, Mr Shehu Sani, has called on the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to scrap the ongoing amnesty programme for ex-militants when More...
Stop Instigating Nigerians against Jonathan, Ex-Militants Warn Obasanjo, Buhari
The meeting was allegedly held at the residence of seriaki Dicksonelsa,Yenogoa,Seriake Dickson,Goodluck Jonthan,Oulsegun Obasanjo,Mohammadu Buhari LAGOSMARCH 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-militant leaders from Nigeria’s More...
Ex-Militant Leaders Make ‘U’ Turn on War Treats, Beg Nigerians To Vote For Jonathan
Tompolo and Asari Dokubo LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-In a remarkable twist, ex-militant leaders who had threatened to plunge a war in the country if President Goodluck Jonathan is not re-elected come May 29, More...
Again, N’Delta Militants Bar Patience Jonathan from Attending Rally
Patience Jonathan LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Again, a group of militants, under the aegis of Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa, has warned the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, to steer clear of presidential More...
N’Delta Ex-Militants Re-Group, Threaten War If Jonathan Looses
Niger Delta Ex-Militants LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A group of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, led by Government Ekpemopulo (aka Tompolo), on Friday met in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and threatened More...
Bonny Ex-Militants Call for Investigation of Kuku, Akinaka for Alleged Embezzlement of Amnesty Fund
Kingsley Kuku LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Founder and leader of the once dreaded defunct ex militant group in Bonny, Okoloma Ikpangi that held sway in Bonny local government area of Rivers state, General Orinaemi More...
N’Niger Delta Ex-Militants Slams Kuku, Says He Abused Amnesty Programme
Kingsley Kuku Fejiro Olivier LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A group of Niger Delta Ex Militants has again accused Mr. Kingsley Kuku, Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Goodluck Jonathan who also doubles More...
Ex-Militant Leaders Call for Removal of PPMC Boss
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-Ex-militant leaders under the aegis of Phase II Generals have renewed their call for the removal of the Managing Director of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, More...
Corruption: Ex-Militants Call on EFCC to Investigate Amnesty Office
Kingsley Kuku LAGOS JUNE 24TH (URHOBOTODAY) No fewer than 100 former militants in the second phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have called on Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate More...