Ndokwa

By Godwin Oghre Sapele—Several communities in Delta State have called on the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to concession three oil wells out of 20 in their domains, acquired several decades ago by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The communities,  Ejeme-Unor, Ejeme-Aniogor, Ilogwe/Isumpe, in Ndokwa West LGA, Ute Okpu …

The Ndosimili Development Union of Ndokwa East, Delta State has called on the government to immediately address the incessant attacks of Ndokwa East communities by Fulani herdsmen. The union said that destruction of lives and farmlands of Ndokwa East people has caused starvation of the people who are mainly subsistence …

Eromosele Abiodun and Solomon Elusoji A coalition of industrial unions comprising Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and the maritime branch of the Senior Staff Association of Communication, Transportation and Corporation (SSACTAC) yesterday made good their threat to shut down every major seaport across the country. The punitive action was …

By Onuzure Dania Mr Friday Osanebi, Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, was received by the leadership of Ndosumili Development Union, NDU and Ukwuani Foundation Union, UFU, in conjunction with NNU President-General  Chief Johnson Opone in Lagos, yesterday. UFU President, Chief Joseph Olise, who welcomed the Deputy Speaker on …

Delta speaker assures DESOPADEC contractors The New Delta Avengers, a militant group, has shelved its threat to launch attacks on oil facilities in Delta State from the midnight of June 30, 2017. The planned attack was to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the alleged starving of oil …

By Emma Amaize CONTROVERSY has erupted over the release from police custody of two suspected robbers and kidnappers, Ndu Osakwe and Odishika Ossai, apprehended by a combined team of Igbe-Ogume and Obodogwa-Ogume communities’ vigilante groups in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, April 30, and handed over to the Police. …

By Emma Amaize CONTROVERSY has erupted over the release from police custody of two suspected robbers and kidnappers, Ndu Osakwe and Odishika Ossai, apprehended by a combined team of Igbe-Ogume and Obodogwa-Ogume communities’ vigilante groups in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, April 30, and handed over to the Police. …

Whoever coined the slogan of “The Big Heart” for Delta State deserves an award, though he failed to add that the big heart functions better in selfishness and criminality. Is it not curious that we now have self-styled militants who buy pages of newspapers begging the President of the Federal …

By Ochuko Akuopha APPREHENSION has enveloped Onicha-Ukwani community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, following alleged threats of attack on its indigenes by suspected herdsmen. Two persons, Vanguard gathered, were allegedly inflicted with cutlass injuries on Sunday, by herdsmen, who laid ambush on the indigenes at Amorji-Kwale, Ogume-Kwale and …

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from June 17 to June 23, 2017. This update also represents violence related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. These incidents will be included in the Nigeria Security Tracker.     June …