• Contact Us
  • About Us
Sunday, June 1, 2025
  • Login
MetroBusinessNews
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • News
  • Companies and Markets
  • Energy
  • Sports
  • Real Estate
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • News
  • Companies and Markets
  • Energy
  • Sports
  • Real Estate
No Result
View All Result
MetroBusinessNews
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Home News

Niger Delta militants say readying fighters to hit ‘enemy’ in Niger Delta

metro by metro
January 7, 2017
in News
0
Militant group MEND claims attack on Trans-Forcados pipeline -newspaper

Militant group

0
SHARES
0
VIEWS

Niger Delta militant group, which has claimed a wave of attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, said on Friday that it had asked its fighters to prepare to fight the “enemy” as authorities were not ready for dialogue.

 The Niger Delta Avengers had declared a ceasefire last year after staging major attacks on oil facilities crippling the OPEC member’s oil output in a fight for more oil revenues to give dialogue with authorities a chance.

The government has been holding talks for more than six months with Niger Delta leaders to address grievances of poverty and oil pollution in the southern region but former militants have complained that no progress has been made.

Read Also

20 Kano Athletes, Officials Die In Road Accident While Returning From Sports Festival In Ogun

Forfeiture Order; EFCC Sues Emefiele In Fresh Eight-Count Charges

Crypto Duo Face Kinapping Charges In Alleged Bitcoin Theft Attempt

“It has been evidently clear that the Nigerian state is not ready for any form of dialogue and negotiation,” the Niger Delta Avengers said in a statement posted on their website.

“All fighters and commands are hereby placed on high readiness in your webs of operations to hit and knock the enemy very hard,” the group said.

It declared the start of an “Operations Walls of Jericho and Hurricane Joshua … to reclaim our motherland” but did not say whether this meant an end of the ceasefire or gave any details.

The Avengers, like other militant groups, has split into different factions, which struggle to control their fighters, unemployed young men who work for anybody who pays them.

Another former militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which had agreed to lay down arms in 2009, had said a week ago it had lost trust in the government to bring peace to the region.

Those behind the pipeline attacks, which began in early 2016, say they want a greater share of Nigeria’s energy wealth to go to the southern region. The frequency of attacks has diminished since President Muhammadu Buhari held talks with community leaders but there are sporadic attacks, most recently in late November.

The attacks cut Nigeria’s oil production, which stood at 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) at the start of 2016, by more than a third in the summer although the oil minister said in December pipeline repairs lifted output to nearly 1.8 million bpd.

 

Tags: Niger DeltaNiger Delta militants
Previous Post

CBN to sell up to 430b naira of bonds in Q1, debt office says

Next Post

Ghana swears in Akufo-Addo as president

Related Posts

20 Kano Athletes, Officials Die In Road Accident While Returning From Sports Festival In Ogun
News

20 Kano Athletes, Officials Die In Road Accident While Returning From Sports Festival In Ogun

May 31, 2025
Ex-CBN Governor Emefiele Arrives Lagos Court For Arraignment
News

Forfeiture Order; EFCC Sues Emefiele In Fresh Eight-Count Charges

May 31, 2025
Asian Markets Track Wall Street Gains, Bitcoin Closes On $100,000
News

Crypto Duo Face Kinapping Charges In Alleged Bitcoin Theft Attempt

May 31, 2025
Federal High Court Reverses Ratification Of Joyce Oduah’s Suspension As NBA Secretary General
News

Appeal Court Reverses Judgment Voiding Kano LG Election, KANSIEC’s Composition

May 30, 2025
Next Post

Ghana swears in Akufo-Addo as president

Naira

Anxiety Over Naira As OPEC+ Increases Production Quota By 411,000 Bpd

June 1, 2025
OPEC

OPEC+ Oil Producers Stick To Guns With Another Big Hike For July

June 1, 2025
20 Kano Athletes, Officials Die In Road Accident While Returning From Sports Festival In Ogun

20 Kano Athletes, Officials Die In Road Accident While Returning From Sports Festival In Ogun

May 31, 2025
MetroBusinessNews

© 2022 Metro Business News

Navigate Site

  • Contact Us
  • About Us

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • News
  • Companies and Markets
  • Energy
  • Sports
  • Real Estate

© 2022 Metro Business News

Go to mobile version