The lingering dispute rekindled on Monday when militant youths from Uko Ntenghe reportedly invaded the farmland and raped a woman who they also took hostage, while a detachment was said to have sneaked into Uko Akpan in Enwang, the headquarters and killed five persons.
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Suspected militants on Monday attacked facilities at the new Norfin Offshore Shipyard located at the boundary shoreline of Ikot Ukpong in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. This followed the company’s alleged inability to allegedly settle them with the sum of N20m. The attacks, it was gathered, led to the postponement of […]
Militants attack shipyard in Akwa Ibom over failure to pay N20m settlement
5 Illegal Refineries Destroyed, 4 Militants Killed in N/Delta–DMO Five illegal refineries have been destroyed, while four militants were recently killed in the anti-illegal oil bunkering operations conducted by military troops in the Niger Delta region. Maj. Gen. John Enenche, Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Defence […]
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•Recover cache of arms Jude Johnson The Nigerian troops on May 12 raided and destroyed an identified pirates/militants hideout in Arugbanama Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, the Defence Headquarters says. This was disclosed on Sunday by the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj-Gen. John Enenche, who said the troops were…
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WARRI—MILITANTS under the coalition of Network of Niger Delta Republic Fighters, NNDRF, who threatened last month to declare a Republic of Niger Delta, June 1, allegedly made a strategic retreat, following a strong repudiation of the plan by traditional rulers, leaders and ex-agitators from the region.
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•The civilian fallout from the Sahel’s spreading militancy Editor’s Note: This article is part of the The New Humanitarian special report and in-depth coverage of the-sahel-in-flames. A surge in violence across West Africa’s Sahel has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and left thousands dead since January, as Islamist militants with links to al-Qaeda and so-called Islamic…
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WARRI—A coalition of militant groups in Niger Delta, Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, yesterday, declared that the assembly of militants, Network of Niger Delta Republic Fighters, NNDRF, that threatened about nine days ago, to declare a Niger Delta Republic, June 1, 2019 does not exist.
WARRI—AYAKOROMO community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has dismissed allegations that the area host a militant camp.
Continue reading We don’t host militant camp — AYAKOROMO at Vanguard News Nigeria.
A Niger Delta militant group that styles itself as Koluama Seven Brothers, on Sunday, said it carried out a “warning” strike on an oil facility owned by energy company, Conoil in Bayelsa.
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Al-Shabab militants in Somalia have announced a military offensive against Islamic State-affiliated forces in Somalia. A statement read Friday by al-Shabab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage on Radio Andalus said the offensive, code named Disease Eradication, is aimed at getting rid of IS-related militants in Somalia. “A so-called Islamic State has emerged in our land…
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