Dialogue

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has given the go-ahead for South-East agitations to be addressed through dialogue. Ngige, who met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa,…

Mr Justice Ughuegbu, a former Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Action Alliance, has advised Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo to embrace dialogue in tackling insecurity in the state. Ughuegbu gave the advice during an interactive…

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, says the Federal Government looks weak and incompetent when it engages in dialogue with bandits, terrorists and other criminal elements. He said the President Muhammadu…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened discussions with MTN to ensure successful electronic listing of the telecoms company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The Director-General of SEC, Mr Mounir Gwarzo, made the…

The Senior Pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla, has warned the Federal Government to take the Biafran agitation serious and with the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). In a recent video,…

The Niger Delta leaders under the aegis of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum have met with the president, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday and presented him with 16 fresh demands. The Niger Delta leaders noted that the demands were the key to…

A Non-governmental Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption- MIIVOC has called on Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike to step in and resolve the difference between the Egi Community in Ogba Egbema…

Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted to the call by the Niger Delta Avengers militants that he be their representatives to negotiate their interest with the Federal Government. The Nobel laureate in response to the offer rejected the role…

The Pan Niger Delta Coastal States Stakeholders Consultative Forum led by Chief Edwin Clark has shunned the proposed two-day summit to be organized by the Federal Government in the region. This comes after the Niger Delta Avengers…

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) on Monday, urged the Federal Government to use dialogue in resolving issues in the Niger Delta. The president of the Congress, Mr Boma Obuoforibo said in Port Harcourt that military option would not be in…

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has pledged to support the proposed dialogue with the Federal Government being championed by Chief Edwin Clark. The Secretary of the miltant group Mr Timipa Okponipene made the…

The Niger Delta Avengers were yesterday said to be ready to dialogue with the Federal Government.  This was contained in a statement by the supposed spokesman for the militant group, Ballantyne Agiri. Agiri had said, ``The body has…

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group has in a recent statement released by its spokesman, self-styled Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo taunted the Federal Government, Buhari and security agencies about the delay strategy it has devised which it…

Following the increased militant attacks in the Niger Delta area of the country and the recent threat to launch six missiles, the fist of which the Niger Delta Avengers militant group promised to launch today, the Federal Government has…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe kachikwu, has called on militants in the Niger Delta to sheath their sword and embrace dialogue with government. Kachikwu made the appeal while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja.…

The House of Representatives has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to initiate dialogue with Boko Haram and other militant groups causing security unrest in the country. This is just as the legislators commiserated with the Emir of…