Category: Press Releases
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Nigerian Ijaw group petitions Ramaphosa for the release of militant leader, Okah
“We find it both ironic and egregious that an African National Congress government that is a product of an armed struggle against an oppressive regime is aligning itself with the suppression and repression of the oppressed people of the Niger Delta by an alliance of the Nigerian state and international…
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Nigerian Militant Goes to Court to Stop Parole, Deportation
PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2025 – Henry Okah, a Nigerian oil-region militant leader jailed in South Africa, started a court case in Pretoria on April 15 to halt alleged moves to grant him parole and deport him to Nigeria. The case with number 2025-038124 set for hearing in a Gauteng…
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Militant Group Claims Attack on Major Nigeria Oil Pipeline
PRESS RELEASE April 13, 2025 – MEDIA RELEASE Under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D), forces of the Liberation Army of the Niger Delta and Bakassi (L.A.N.D. & B) attacked and destroyed 1. Ogada Brass Agip trunk line running from Omouku to Brass Agip terminal 0200hr 2. Oron river back…
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IMF in Article IV Consultation With Nigeria’s Petroleum Ministry, NNPC
PRESS RELEASE April 11, 2025 – The Ministry of Petroleum Resources (MPR), alongside three agencies under its supervision—the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), recently participated in the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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Okah Raises Alarm Over His Impersonation at South African Court
Press Release Okah Raises Alarm Over His Impersonation at South African Court March 27, 2025 – A jailed Nigerian militant leader has raised an alarm over his alleged impersonation at a South African court on Tuesday to secure the dismissal of his application. In a petition sent to Justice Dustin…
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Okah Files New Application to Declare His Imprisonment in South Africa Unlawful
Press Release Okah Files New Application to Declare His Imprisonment in South Africa Unlawful Henry Okah, the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, who is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence in South Africa, has filed a fresh application to that country’s Constitutional Court to…
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South Africa’s Constitutional Court Paves the Way for Okah to Make Fresh Filings
Press Release (Updated) South Africa’s Constitutional Court on February 18, 2025, made two orders which essentially pave the way for Henry Okah, the imprisoned leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), to file fresh applications in that court, likely to be considered urgently, challenging his…
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Okah Wins Ruling Against Dismissal of Complaint by South Africa’s Chief Justice
Press Release February 13, 2025 – South Africa’s Judicial Conduct Committee said it set aside the dismissal of a complaint by jailed Nigerian militant leader, Henry Okah, saying that documents he filed in an appeal process were tampered with. A three-member panel of the Judicial Conduct Committee in a February…
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The World Ignores Inequality Between Animals
By Dulue Mbachu Quite often I hear people talk about inequality between people in rich countries and those in poor countries. But I’ve never heard anyone talk about the inequality between animals in the rich countries and those that happen to find themselves in the poor ones. The gap…
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Helicopter Incident En-Route to NNPC’s FPDO – Nuims Antan
Press Release October, 24 – On the 24th of October 2024, about 11:22am, we lost contact with the Helicopter – Register Number: 5NBQG, engaged by NNPC Limited, that took off from Port Harcourt NAF Base en route the FPSO – NUIMS ANTAN. The helicopter was operated by East Winds Aviation.…
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