LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta region erupted in anger at the weekend following calls from an Ijaw leader and President of the Ijaw Peoples Association (IPA) in Great Britain and Ireland, Francis Akpanari, to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Akpanari, who lives in the diaspora said in an interview: “I don’t think the…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-militants from the coastal area of Ilaje Local Government area of Ondo State, have protested over the non-payment of their monthly allowances and threatened to drag the Presidential Committee on Amnesty Programme to court over the development. The former militants who alleged to the Federal Government that their monthly allowances and other…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is now pedestrian information that Professor Dokubo has been disengaged as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with immediate effect over allegations of financial misconduct and mismanagement in the Amnesty Programme. What is however, worthy of mention is that following this development, President Muhammadu has in his place, appointed Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd),…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari has appointed Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) as the new Co-ordinator Niger Delta Presidential Ammensty Program. However, his appointment is yet to be formally announced. Dikio, a retired Colonel in the Nigerian Army and member of 21 Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy(NDA), hails from Mbiama, In Ahoada West Local Government…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of Charles Dokubo, coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. Adesina said the suspension is in line with the recommendation of a caretaker committee set up to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Abuja has issued a summon on the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo, to appear before it over his alleged illegal stay in office. The order was given by Justice Ahmed Mohammed on November 7 where…
e LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A resolution has been made by the House of Representatives to probe allegations of fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta. To that end, an ad hoc committee has been set up by the House, and it is expected that the committee reports back to the House…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An audio released by Ilem-Iyam, Director of Finance and Administration, Presidential Amnesty Programme, on Monday, has revealed plans by the Cordinator of the programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, to cash out N4.8 billion before President Muhammadu Buhari reshuffles his cabinet in May. According to Ilem-Iyam, Dokubo, in conjunction with Musa Johnson Odiniya,…