Human Trafficking: Nigerian Agency Rescues 164 Trafficked Victims in 5 Months in 5 States

Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, said it had rescued no fewer than 164 victims of human trafficking in the zone in the past five months.

Security Alert! ISIS Set To Use Mobile App To Indoctrinate, Radicalize Nigerian Children

The Nigerian Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the existence of a newly-launched mobile application developed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for propagating Jihad to children.

This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Boko Haram Establishes Own FM Radio Station

Daily Trust newspaper reports that Boko Haram has established a radio FM station, according to a report monitored on the Hausa service of the Voice of America yesterday.

Dissecting The Recurring Agitation For Balkanization of Nigeria (1)

Introduction: It is globally established that the primary responsibility of a sovereign state encompasses the protection, security or safety of lives and properties and creation of the right atmosphere where economic, social activities thrive. Decline or complete absence of such prerequisites by acts of commission or omission implies the sovereign state is inching towards a failed state. For clarity, a ‘’failed or failing state’’, refers to ‘’a political entity or nation in which the government is inept at living up to the basic tasks of a sovereign State, is on the verge of losing or has already lost political authority, control’’. Some of the unmistakable characteristics of a failing/failed sovereign state include very weak institutions, culture of impunity, gross human right abuses, absence of rule of law, unprecedented and entrenched corruption, incessant strife and instability, geometrical depreciation in security, safety of lives and properties, liberty and the standard of living.

Niger Avengers Avengers Clarifies Purported Dialogue, Threatens To Sink Vessels Conveying Crude Oil From Nigeria

The Niger Delta Avengers today Monday, June 13, 2016 released a statement inter alia clarifying it's position on purported dialogue with the Nigerian government and also threatening to sink vessels conveying crude oil from Nigeria.

Here's the unedited statement by the group.

Gunmen Abduct Six In Rivers, Judge Also Kidnapped In Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria

New Telegraph Newspaper reports that gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have abducted six persons in Edeoha community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-South Nigeria.

Sicilian Mafia At Crossroads As Nigerian Criminal Syndicates Pitch Tents in Sicily

United Kingdom Guardian Newspaper reports that an anxious and unholy alliance exists on the streets of Palermo between the traditional Sicilian mafia and Nigerian migrants encroaching on their illegal trades.

United Cyber Caliphate Release Kill List, Names of Over 8,000 People To Be Assassinated

On Monday, 6^th June 2016, a group that goes by the moniker - the United Cyber Caliphate released a kill list that included the names, home addresses and email addresses of some 8,318 individuals. It called on its followers to “kill them strongly to take revenge for Muslims.” The group also released satellite images of United States Air bases around the world (the same images can be found on Google Earth).

Rivalry In The Camp of Niger Delta Militants Widens

There an apparent crack in the camp of the Niger Delta militant groups bombing oil installations in the Niger Delta as one of the militant groups known as the Reformed Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, unilaterally declared cessation of hostilities. 

Timeline of Niger Delta Avengers Blistering Attacks On Oil and Gas Facilities in Nigeria

The Niger Delta Avengers have carried out about sixteen attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta area. Recall that the militant group promised a while ago that it would reduce Nigeria's Crude oil output zero. They seem to be living up to their threat as militant attacks have cut Nigeria's oil production by more than half a million barrels per day. Some oil majors have declared force majuere as a result of this.

Below is a timeline of Niger Delta Avengers blistering attacks on Oil and gas Installations in the Niger Delta. The group have successfully carried out about 16 attacks between February 10 and June 9, 2016.

Fresh Militant Group - Bakassi Strike Force Urge Niger Delta Avengers To Stop Bombings

Not to be outdone, a new crop of militant group which goes by the moniker Bakassi Strike Force has emerged from the Akwa Ibom - Cross River axis of the Niger Delta. The latest group condemned the bombing of oil and gas Installations by the Niger Delta Avengers.

Proliferation of Militancy Continue in the Niger Delta, Latest Group Demands 60% Oil Bloc, Issue Ultimatum

Punch Newspaper reports that a new militant group, Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta (UWND), has emerged in the Niger Delta. The group threatens to continue attacking oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta region unless the Nigerian government agrees to award 60 per cent oil blocs to the people of the region.

Gunmen Kill Security Officer And 6 Students of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Daily Post Newspaper reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be cultists today brutally killed seven people at the Federal University of Agriculture (FUAM) in Makurdi, Benue state.

Press Release: United States Statement of Concern on Niger Delta Violence

June 7, 2016

The U.S. Mission to Nigeria is monitoring reports of attacks and other incidents in the Niger Delta.  We share the concerns of all Nigerians about these attacks. Furthermore, the United States remains supportive of efforts, including the promotion of dialogue, to address grievances in the Niger Delta.

Nigerian Navy Arrest Kingpins of Niger Delta Militants Behind Bombing of NNPC, Chevron’s Facilities

Arrested Kingpin

The Nigerian Navy have reportedly recorded a major feat in the ongoing military onslaught against Niger Delta militants and pipeline vandals, with the arrest of a militant kingpin who is best described as the coordinator of recent attacks on NNPC and Chevron oil facilities in the region.