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Niger Delta: Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

Thousands of Nigerian villagers can bring human rights claims against the fossil fuel company Shell over the chronic oil pollution of their water sources and destruction of their way of life, the high court in London has ruled. A judge, Mrs. Justice May ruled, this week, that more than 13,000 farmers and fishers from the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger-Delta were entitled to bring legal claims against Shell for alleged breaches to their right to a clean environment. The judge ruled it was arguable the pollution had fundamentally…

Niger Delta: NNPC discovers 54 illegal pipeline connections, 78 unlicensed refineries

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said 234 incidences of illegal connections, refineries, amongst others, were recorded in several oil-producing states in the Niger Delta region between September 9 to 15, 2023. NNPC said the total incidences recorded were higher compared with the 148 incidences of illegal connections and refineries reported between September 2 to 8, 2023. At the time, the oil firm said, eight illicit pipeline connections and unlawful refineries were uncovered. However, in its weekly war on crude oil documentary aired on national television on Tuesday, NNPC said…

Militant group pledges one million votes for Tinubu

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

Ahead of next Saturday’s Feburary 25th Presidential election, the Niger-Delta Liberation Movement (NDLM) has endorsed the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as their preferred candidate to take over from Buhari. Rising from a crucial meeting held in Egbema, Delta State, which lasted over six hours, the most dreaded militant group with over one million registered members also vowed to clear any obstacle that will hinder the victory of Tinubu in the Feburary 25th Presidential election. Addressing Journalists on behalf of the militants at the end…

Crude Oil theft: PANDEF, N/Delta stakeholders commend�Tompolo’s pipelines security firm

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Aminu Imam

The regional body of the South-South, pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, along with other stakeholders of the region, have commended ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and his pipelines security firm, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, for doing a great job.� Speaking yesterday, at Port Harcourt, Rivers state, the National Publicity Secretary, PANDEF, Ken Robinson, applauded Kyari for recognising the efforts of Tompolo in securing oil pipelines awarded to his company. Robinson noted that the problem Tompolo and others were drafted to solve would not have escalated to the point of…

2023: Tinubu meets Tompolo, others in Niger-Delta

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 Aminu Imam

As part of his strategic engagement of stakeholders ahead of the 2023 election, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC,�Asiwaju�Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to return to Delta State, where he is expected to meet Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, yesterday. According to reports Tinubu was scheduled to meet Tompolo for a private discussion and also meet with leaders of ex-militants in the oil rich region. Recall that Tinubu was in Delta State about two weeks ago during which he launched the campaign of APC for the…

Crude Oil Theft: Armed gangs engage in mini-war with Tompolo�s security men in over pipeline contract

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Aminu Imam

Tantita Security Services Limited who have exposed illegal pipelines being used for crude oil theft in some parts of the Niger-Delta have come under attack from gunmen desperate to sustain the illegal activities. The aide, who identified himself as Waterway Crayfish, quoted Tompolo as saying those bombarding him and his household with threat messages over the surveillance job he secured from the Federal Government are saboteurs, who, according to him, would continue to have his security outfit to contend with. He said the discovery of an illegal oil pipeline that…

Maritime Security:�Military destroys vessel arrested with stolen crude in Niger-Delta

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

Operatives of the Nigerian military have destroyed a vessel seized with stolen crude by a private security company commanded by former militant, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, in the Niger-Delta. The Navy personnel set the ill-fated vessel on fire along Warri River yesterday afternoon, following the confession of the ship’s captain, Temple Manasseh, that the vessel was carrying stolen crude. The vessel, which was loaded with 600 to 650 cubic metres of stolen crude oil in five compartments, was arrested alongside its seven-member crew along the creeks in the Niger-Delta…

Tompolo exposes IOCs, security officials, oil bunkerers behind Nigeria’s oil theft

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

�Uncovers 16 hidden tapping points on transit pipelines The Niger-Delta ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, says surveillance outfit Tantita Security Services Limited, has discovered major tapping points on the Trans-Forcados/Ramos Pipeline in Delta State, through which International Oil Companies (IOCs), foreign ships, security officials, oil bunkerers, and locals have colluded to bleed the country over the years. The ex-militant strongly accused the security agencies of being behind the stealing of Nigeria�s crude oil. According to him, he discovered the breaches after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited,…

War against Crude oil theft:�Tompolo�s gunboats storm N/Delta creeks with over 1,000 youths as marine guards�

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Aminu Imam

There is tension in the creeks of the Niger Delta region following the deployment of dozens of gunboats and an army of youths in the waterways by a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, to fish out pipeline vandals, illegal refiners and illegal oil installations. Recall that the former commander of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) recently won an N4.5bn monthly surveillance contract from the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to secure pipelines and oil installations in Delta and some…

Tension in Niger Delta, as Asari Dokubo opposes Tompolo�s N4.5bn pipeline contract

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 Aminu Imam

There is tension in the Niger-Delta region following the decision of the self-proclaimed freedom fighter and founder of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo, to oppose the N4.5bn monthly pipeline surveillance contract awarded a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo. The aggrieved Dokubo, in a viral video, said it smacked of greed for Tompolo to be in charge of pipeline protection for all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta. Dokubo wondered why Tompolo would be in charge of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers States, querying whether…