…to the Sahel and the difficult terrain around the Lake Chad. Imagine the Niger Delta militancy and the challenge of navigating the creeks by regular forces. We have such peculiar problems that require strategic solutions. Take the example of a State with a difficult terrain with its own Police; they know how to deploy.…

…local government area of Delta State. In this interview, Biakpara tells the Niger Delta militancy story, saying region elders visited militant leaders in their camps where they brokered peace, a development, he says, led to disarmament. He also reacts to the statement credited to former President Goodluck Jonathan in w…

…and arrested more than 91 suspects involved in crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, militancy and related offences during the second quarter of 2026. The Director of Naval Information, Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said the Navy also intercepted several vessels…

…in 2009 following the Federal Government's amnesty initiative aimed at ending armed militancy in the Niger Delta. The programme provides rehabilitation, education, vocational training and empowerment opportunities for former agitators, with the broader objective of promoting peace, protecting oil infrastructure and fos…

Militancy and violence which took a new turn in 2005 when the first gun was shot at the Marine Base