boats and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) moved from Benin City, through Warri to other towns at the weekend. Troops have seized several suspects in a bid to rid the Niger Delta of criminals.

The only way in or out of many villages in the Niger Delta is by open boat. The transportation embargo is choking ... the self-proclaimed freedom fighters have declared an “all out war” aimed at ...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email to the media it has code-named its operation Hurricane Barbarossa. "About 0100 Hrs, today ... Hurricane Barbarossa ...

Sagir Musa the militants in eight speed boats had attempted to attack ... in ending violence in the Niger-Delta. However, it did not declare any war. Meanwhile, President Yar'Adua is said to ...

Port Harcourt, Nigeria – At dawn, the dense creeks and swamps of the Niger Delta are enveloped in an ... the galloping approach of speedboats. The boats usually carry heavily armed militiamen ...

Further more, Niger Deltans expected a thriving boat ... Niger Delta people. General Yakubu Gowon’s military regime could not give a thought on it, he was busy executing the civil war, grappling ...

A new militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta is calling off the war it had threatened to start on June 30, and has decided to “give peace a chance”, in what could be a relief for Nigeria ...

The Nigerian Navy said its personnel under the aegis of ‘Operation Delta Sanity’ have arrested 14 motor tanker vessels as well 90 wooden boats and 74 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta ...

“This was in addition to the demobilization of 32 boats, 12 vehicles, and eight motorcycles used for economic sabotage in the Niger Delta Region. “Troops conducted several operations in ...