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Vanguard News Cost of militancy in the Niger Delta On By Patrick Dele Cole THE plight of the Niger Delta has never been worse than it is now. The people are a lot poorer than ever before. They are restless, nearer revolt; the low level insurgency is gone. The original militants have been compromised and their leaders even more so. Today we have a people who prey on themselves. The  voice of the older leadership is raised only when they need something and slink away to quietude once the proverbial bone is thrown to them. They are, like most of Nigeria, led by Governors whose sole distinguish...

Crime, punishment and bush ‘repentance’ By Thu Feb 11 2021 Perhaps most of us have recollections of the news that day on July 22, 2011, when a certain Anders Breivik first detonated a bomb in Oslo, outside the Norwegian Prime Minister’s office, killing eight persons. He then travelled some 38km to the island of Utoya, where a youth league was having its meeting and, for over an hour, in cold bold, Mr Breivik shot and killed 69 young persons. By the time Breivik surrendered to the police, he was responsible for the deaths of 77 persons, all of them killed in one day. By August 24, 2012, ...

Niger Delta MilitantThe plight of the Niger Delta has never been worse than it is now. They are a lot poorer than ever before. The people are restless, nearer revolt; the low-level insurgency is gone. The original militants have been compromised and their leaders even more so. Today we have a people who prey on themselves; Older leadership whose voice is raised only when they need something slink away to quietude once the proverbial bone is thrown to them. They, like most of Nigeria, have been led by Governors whose sole distinguishing feature is their mediocrity and inability to lead. No wo...

Soldier Serving In North-East Sells AK-47 Rifle To Kidnapper For N300,000 Ebiowei, who hails from Ofunama in the Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, was caught by the police with the rifle as well as 88 rounds of ammunition. by SaharaReporters, New York Feb 08, 2021 A 34-year-old suspected kidnapper, Sampson Ebiowei, has explained that he got his operational AK-47 rifle from a soldier of the Nigerian Army serving in the Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East who sold the weapon to him for N300,000. Ebiowei, who hails from Ofunama in the Ovia South West Local Government Area o...

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