Bestman Wellington

Bestman Wellington is a Nigerian journalist, a small arms researcher and an analyst based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the Niger Delta.

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Nigeria and the Threat of al-Qaeda Terrorism

06.12.2008 Bestman Wellington

Not long ago, Mike Mbama Okiro, Nigeria’s inspector general of police, raised an alarm over threats by al-Qaeda to launch an attack using time-bombs on...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

Origins of the Niger Delta’s Deewell and Deebam Militias

09.27.2007 Bestman Wellington

Since January 2006, violence in Nigeria's delta region escalated dramatically as various militant groups and violent confraternities kidnapped Western energy workers in order to call...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

Nigeria’s Cults and their Role in the Niger Delta Insurgency

07.06.2007 Bestman Wellington

In Nigeria's delta region, various militant groups continue to attack multinational energy interests by blowing up infrastructure, siphoning oil and gas from pipelines and kidnapping...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

MEND’s Fluid Leadership Structure

06.12.2007 Bestman Wellington

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is one of the most prominent non-state, armed groups in the oil- and gas-rich Niger...

Publication Terrorism Focus Africa