Tag Archives: Niger River Delta
December 22, 2010 by benim
A lawyer acting for more than 60 militants arrested last month said on Wednesday the militant gang leader and two of his followers were removed from prison by the secret service last week. Nigeria’s armed forces on November 20 arrested … read more »
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December 18, 2010 by benim
LAGOS — Militants on Saturday claimed to have attacked three pipelines operated by the US oil giant Chevron and Italian firm Agip in Nigeria’s oil hub. The Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF) said it staged the attacks on Friday in … read more »
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November 22, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Monday that one of its commanders arrested over the weekend had surrendered in return for the promise of a financial reward and denied that the army had raided his camp. The emailed statement from … read more »
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November 20, 2010 by benim
The Nigerian army has arrested a militant gang leader believed to be behind the kidnapping of 19 people, authorities said Saturday. Fifty-one of his followers were also arrested, said Lt Col Timothy Antigha, a spokesman for the military taskforce in … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Bayelsa State, Canada, disasters-news, Environmental disasters, French people, gang leader, geography, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Lagos, Law Crime, Lt Col Timothy Antigha, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Niger River, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigerians army, OPEC, political-news, rivers state
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November 17, 2010 by benim
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND), said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second of such raids in a week. Armed … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Afren, Africa news, Akwa Ibom State, Business Finance, disasters-news, Environmental disasters, ExxonMobil, Foreign hostages in Nigeria, geography, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, kidnapping seven More News From: Abuja : Nigeria, Mobil Producing Nigeria, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, OPEC
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November 9, 2010 by benim
The Movement for the Manicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Tuesday morning claimed responsibility for the attack of an offshore oil rig operated by exploration firm Afren in which five crew members kidnapped including foreigners and two injured. The … read more »
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November 3, 2010 by benim
A bomb scare kept Judges away from the courts in Jos; but things got even worse in Asaba, where an explosion in Government House blew off the roof of the Very Important Personalities (VIP) lodge and the adjacent private … read more »
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October 20, 2010 by benim
FORMER leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, will appear before a South African court today, with respect to his application for bail. Johannesburg magistrate’s court would rule on whether the Detla State-born … read more »
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