It was now over 36 months since the first bomb in the Niger Delta was detonated to signal the commencement of militancy. After so much use of force, the various parties were embracing dialogue and...
The air inside the truck had become so stuffy; Hunter tried to breathe in for as long as he could before exhaling and sucking in another polluted breath. Many of the people who had been...
Hunter rode shotgun as Canaday sped his car thought the streets of the city at night. An armed policeman sat in the back seat. They passed through neighbourhoods with which Hunter was familiar and then...
At Port Harcourt Hunter was tempted to head back to Editor Duke in Lagos to bounce his ideas off him, not to mention have a decent night’s sleep, but he wasn’t quite ready to leave...
Some 25 months into the Niger Delta crisis, it was becoming obvious to some key politicians in Nigeria and diplomats that the use of force was not producing commensurate results. With many barrels of oil...
The water was warm, not cold enough to cause Hunter’s muscles to tighten and cramp. Guided by the moonlight, he used smooth arm strokes to swim toward the barge, being careful not to create visible...
There was a lull in the crisis when a new president was elected in Nigeria, providing Hunter the opportunity to continue his investigation in Lagos and the Niger Delta. Boyd had raised many fundamental issues...
Even with all information he had, DNDR’s operation looked steeped in mystery to him as it did many other people. They attacked oil facilities at will and their leader had yet to be unveiled. Hunter...
“You said the government is planning to escalate its aggression against the DNDR?” Duke asked rhetorically. “Your routine stories never hinted at that.” “Boss, have you forgotten that, in the tradition of this newspaper, assignments like...
The meeting with Boyd generated a lot of issues for Hunter to work on. He needed to confirm some of the claims. Besides, Boyd had announced a new attack was imminent, and the DNDR never...