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Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

Type: Organization

Name: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

Nationality: Nigeria

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Movement for the Emancipation of...

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

MEND Calls Off Planned Attack on Muslims, Mosques

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)Segun JamesThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wednesday called off its plans to attack mosques and assassinate Islamic clerics to avenge the attack on Christians and churches ... [Published This Day Online - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, Boko Haram, Operation Barbarossa

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Ateke Tom (Niger Delta Vigilante)

Ateke Tom, others hold Amaechi-must-go-protest

Ex-militant leader, Ateke Tom was among over 4000 youths, women and the elderly, who marched round Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday calling on Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to resign.The protesters included former militants who fought ... [Published Nigerian Compass - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Rotimi Amaechi, Ateke Tom (Niger Delta Vigilante), Peter Odili, Protesters, The People's Democratic Party

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

MEND suspends Operation Barbarossa

Posted by: on May 23, 2013 in News Leave a commentThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday suspended its “Operation Barbarossa”, which would have commenced on May 31.It called for the release of one of its leaders, Henry Okah, ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Operation Barbarossa, Henry Okah, Custody, Niger Delta

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Granting amnesty to Boko Haram is unconstitutional, says HURIWA

Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko is the National Cordinator , Human Rights Writers' Association Of Nigeria ( HURIWA) , He spoke to the media office of HURIWA on issues connected with the ongoing move to grant amnesty to terrorists and other sundry issues;Ex ... [Published Modern Ghana - May 22 2013]

Entities: Nigeria, Boko Haram, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Terrorists

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The Igbo leadership question

SIR: It took resistance from Rosa Parker, a 42 year old tailor’s assistant, for African Americans led by Martin Luther King Jnr. and Ralph Abernathy to rise against the“separate but equal” discriminatory law of segregate America. It took the Sharpeville ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 21 2013]

Entities: Leadership, Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force, Treason

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Mustapha gets its own deserts

There are not ten people in the world whose deaths would spoil my dinner, but there are one or two whose death would break my heart.-Thomas Babington Macaulay (- in a letter to Hannah Macaulay, 1833)You would have thought the saga of Abiola and his wife, ... [Published Vanguard - May 18 2013]

Entities: Hafsat Abiola, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Verdict

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Let us surrender to lawlessness, a bi!

It does not matter by who, what is clear now is that the police, the Nigerian armed forces including the intelligence have failed. Otherwise, why would we surrender to the rule of the mob?Our President has sort of agreed that we should now dialogue with ... [Published Vanguard - May 18 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Sanusi Dantata, anarchy

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

PA OYERINDE: GOD WILL GET JUSTICE FOR MY SON

OLAITAN OYERINDE, THE LATE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO GOVERNOR ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE OF EDO STATE WAS ASSASSINATED OVER A YEAR AGO. THE NATION’S SECURITY AGENCIES say THEY ARE STILL BATTLING TO FIND THE KILLERS. OLAITAN’S FATHER, ALHAJI OYERINDE, A VETERAN JOURNALIST ... [Published This Day Online - May 18 2013]

Entities: Adams Oshiomhole, Ilorin, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Shell halts natural gas deliveries in Nigeria

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 17 (UPI) --Shell Petroleum Development Co. Ltd., in a statement from The Hague, said it was unable to meet contractual volumes on natural gas supplies to a Nigerian liquefied natural gas system because of a leak on its Eastern ... [Published UPI - May 17 2013]

Entities: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Nigeria, Natural Gas

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ijaw relive Gbaramatu invasion

The Ijaw people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have marked the fourth memorial of the 2009 invasion of their communities by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF).Dozens of people lost their lives in aerial, sea ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ijaw, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities, Oboko Bello

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

A Nation At War With Its People

Besides, it appears as if MEND is being refashioned for a decisive role in the 2015 presidential election. In the last month, two friends of mine based in Abuja have told me that President Jonathan MUST win re-election – or re-selection – in 2015 because ... [Published Nigeria Village Square - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Rough road to 2015 in Niger Delta

April 25, 2013 by MIKE ODIEGWU Leave a CommentSpecial Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku| credits:After a cursory preview of the politics of 2015, Mike Odiegwu traces the link between the resurgence of violence in the Niger Delta and ... [Published Nigeria Punch - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Boko Haram, Reuben Wilson

Quotes

"We have also heeded the appeal from Mr Henry Okah and Mr. Kingsley Kuku, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs. To these effects, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E N D) hereby announces the suspension of “Operation Barbarossa” which was to have commenced from Friday, May 31, 2013, with immediate effect. We use this opportunity to call for the release of Henry Okah and others in detention over the October 01, 2010, twin car bombbomb blast" the statement said

MEND Calls Off Planned Attack on Muslims, Mosques [Published This Day Online - 15 hours ago]

"I am not considering going back to the creeks no matter the frustration I am facing from the state government. ”"

Ateke Tom, others hold Amaechi-must-go-protest [Published Nigerian Compass - 15 hours ago]

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. spokesman Kudo Eresia-Eke said "the shutdown will be in place until the source of the leak is identified and necessary remedial actions are completed" Nigerian newspaper ThisDay reports

Shell halts natural gas deliveries in Nigeria [Published UPI - May 17 2013]

"Today, at about 11:00hrs, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, using Global West Vessels Specialist platforms, blocked access to the Bonny Channel from the fairway buoy, at the beginning of the Channel, to buoys 17 and 18. By this blockade, all Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) vessels, operating in the area are neither permitted to leave nor allowed to enter the area, until all statutory obligations are met" he explained

Nlng-Nimasa Face-Off - a Culture of Impunity [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]

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MEND Calls Off Planned Attack on Muslims, Mosques [Published This Day Online - 15 hours ago]
Ateke Tom, others hold Amaechi-must-go-protest [Published Nigerian Compass - 15 hours ago]
MEND suspends Operation Barbarossa [Published The Nation Nigeria - 16 hours ago]
Nigeria’s MEND Suspends Plans to Attack Mosques... [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]
Granting amnesty to Boko Haram is unconstitutio... [Published Modern Ghana - May 22 2013]
Security precedes defence (2) [Published Vanguard - May 21 2013]
The Igbo leadership question [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 21 2013]
Nigeria: How Jonathan Indirectly Funds Terroris... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Let us surrender to lawlessness, a bi! [Published Vanguard - May 18 2013]
Al-Mustapha gets its own deserts [Published Vanguard - May 18 2013]
PA OYERINDE: GOD WILL GET JUSTICE FOR MY SON [Published This Day Online - May 18 2013]
Shell halts natural gas deliveries in Nigeria [Published UPI - May 17 2013]
Ijaw Leader Wants Henry Okah Pardoned [Published This Day Online - May 16 2013]
Ijaw relive Gbaramatu invasion [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 16 2013]
Ijaw, at anniversary of JTF invasion, seek rebu... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - May 16 2013]
Arming jobless youths to win elections [Published Nigeria Punch - May 15 2013]
Nlng-Nimasa Face-Off - a Culture of Impunity [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]
NLNG-NIMASA Face-off: A Culture of Impunity [Published This Day Online - May 14 2013]
Growing fear of disintegration [Published Nigeria Punch - May 14 2013]
Iranian, Nigerian jailed 17 years for illegal f... [Published Nigeria Punch - May 13 2013]
Nigeria: Top Level Sabotage Behind Military And... [Published Modern Ghana - May 13 2013]
Why Do They Take Dokubo-Asari Seriously? [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
Nigeria: Ombatse, Boko Haram, MEND, Boston - Ho... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 13 2013]
RAW VIDEO: “If they arrest me, Nigeria will be ... [Published 234Pulse.com - May 13 2013]
Displacement of Nigerian barrels from US helpin... [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 13 2013]
BAGA. BAMA. LAFIA: How far is Afghanistan? [Published Daily Sun - May 12 2013]
N’Delta can’t determine who’ll be President – Musa [Published Nigeria Punch - May 12 2013]
Bigfoot is about [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 12 2013]
Okah seeks audience with Amnesty Committee [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 12 2013]

Blogs

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NIGERIA’S BOKO HARAM AMNESTY WAHALA [Published Beegeagle's Blog - May 04 2013] Colonel(rtd)Sambo Dasuki, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser THE AFRICA REPORT Posted on Friday, 03 May 2013By Mohammed Haruna in Kaduna Boko Haram scorns Jonathan’s U-turn amnesty offer,dividing the country Until last month President Goodluck ...
Has The Niger Delta managed to buy peace? [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 02 2013] Published on May 1, 2013 by jo.chuter ·No Comments The amnesty programme costs close to $500m a year, but that is small change compared to the extra oil money accrued since the peace deal was struck. Has Nigeria’s Niger Delta managed to buy peace? ...
Africa Maritime Updates [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Apr 24 2013] With so much in the news this month, it’s been easy to overlook the interesting events occurring in and around the water of today’s most dynamic continent. Somali Piracy remains practically non-existent this year, thanks to the continued presence ...
Africa Maritime Updates [Published Information Dissemination - Apr 24 2013] With so much in the news this month, it's been easy to overlook the interesting events occurring in and around the water of today's most dynamic continent. Somali Piracy remains practically non-existent this year, thanks to the continued presence ofarmed ...
terror campaign in defence of Christianity [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - Apr 16 2013] "The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), the umbrella body of armed groups in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, said it would launch a new terror campaign "in defence of Christianity". "The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic ...

Audio/Video

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MEND's New Terror Threat against Nigeria [Published ABN Digital - Video - Jan 28 2013]