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Mr. Nyong Jonathan Udoeyop, a retired lecturer of the University of Uyo and a Lay Preacher in the Methodist Church tells Nseobong Okon-Ekong that insecurity can be curbed if all groups who feel the Nigerian state has offended them offer peace to the country A few years ago, insecurity was majorly confined to Northern Nigeria, now it is everywhere. What can be done to curb insecurity in Nigeria? We first have to know what we mean by insecurity and then the cause of insecurity. You cannot actuall...

“We strongly demand the full payment of our monthly benefits and arrears of same as well as the completion of other phases of the (Amnesty) Programme.”

Views: Visits 5 Demands sack of AkpabioBy Chioma Onuegbu – UyoA coalition of ex-agitators in Akwa Ibom State under the auspices of the “Unyekisong Akwa Ibom” has threatened to embark on a mass protest across the country if a substantive board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is not constituted within 14 days. This is contained n a statement signed by Dede Udofia and Ibanga Ekeng, on behalf of the  group and made available to newsmen on Friday in Uyo. They lamented th...

A coalition of ex-militants in Akwa Ibom State under the aegis of "Unyekisong Akwa Ibom" has given a fourteen-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to

Ex-militants issue protest notice to Amnesty office On By Nnamdi Ojiego Leaders of the Phase 3 of the Presidential Amnesty programme, have given May 18, 2021, as deadline for Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, the Presidential Amnesty Interim Administrator, to convey an emergency stakeholders meeting to address issues affecting them. The agitators, from  the six  states of the  Niger Delta region, after a well attended meeting held in Warri, Delta state, said the call for the meeting has become nece...

Bayelsa speaker, others commend Dikio for reforms in PAP The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio (Rtd), says the era of servicing contractors and their cronies are gone for good. He said that the PAP will no longer patronize contractors at the expense of the real owners of the programme which are the ex-agitators, just as it will no longer fund the scholarship of students in areas that are not of comparative advantage to the region. Dik...

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio, Retd, says the era of servicing contractors and their cronies are gone for good. He said that the PAP will no longer patronize contractors at the expense of the real owners of the programme which are the ex-agitators, just as it will no longer fund the scholarship of students in areas that are not of comparative advantage to the region. Dikio stated this on Friday in Yenagoa,...

Views: Visits 10 Milliand Dikio By Emem Idio, Yenagoa The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio, Retd, says the era of servicing contractors and their cronies are gone for good. He said that the PAP will no longer patronize contractors at the expense of the real owners of the programme which are the ex-agitators, just as it will no longer fund the scholarship of students in areas that are not of comparative advantage ...

Group Accuses Northerners Of Hijacking Niger Delta Amnesty Programme Also, the group accused some northern forces of attempting to derail the Amnesty Programme for some selfish reasons. by SaharaReporters, New York May 12, 2021 An advocacy group, Niger Delta Liberation Movement (NDLM), has described the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as an effort in futility that will lead nowhere giving that it has lasted beyond the stipulated time of three months.  N...

You shouldn’t be afraid if you’re upright, group tells Wike “The Rivers Governor has nothing to worry about so long as he remains upright, prudent, transparent and unbiased in his stewardship.” ADVERTISEMENT A group, the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta, said Governor Nyesom Wike would have nothing to worry about if he is upright, transparent and unbiased in the way he was running the affairs of Rivers State. Mr Wike  said a few days ago in Abuja ...