•SMBLF executives The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, comprising key socio-cultural organisations such as Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Pan Niger Delta Forum, today urged political parties to zone their 2027 presidential tickets to Southern Nigeria. They made the demand at a joint press conference after a crucial session in Abuja....
•Tinubu and terrorists PAN Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and South-West socio-political organisation, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, have said it has become necessary for the Tinubu-led federal government to accept the position of President Donald Trump, who has offered to attack the terrorists in Nigeria to stop genocide and other forms of killin...
•Tinubu and Fubara The Pan Niger Delta Forum has urged the National Assembly to reject the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as an undemocratic move that threatened constitutional governance. In a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting in Abuja, PANDEF described the move as an “undemocratic imposition” an...
•Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike The Pan Niger Delta Elders’ Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the recent remarks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing them as divisive and detrimental to ongoing peace efforts in Rivers State. The minister, a former governor of Rivers State, had publicly underm...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has chided the federal government for locating mini Liquefied Natural Gas Plants (LNGPs) in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, describing it as a misplaced priority in the first instance and denying the Niger Delta Region what could have aided its development even faster. PANDEF stated this through a communiqué issued by...
•Oil theft Leaders and activists in the South-South region said the massive networks of the “big players”, who steal the nation’s crude oil in politics, and the oil industry have made the government, which lacked political will, powerless in halting their activities over the years. The stakeholders, speaking to our correspondents, on the backd...

