Tag Archives: Warri
MEND described the sentence as the height of injustice to its region and people. The armed militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, on Tuesday condemned the 24-year jail term passed on its leader, Henry Okah, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, henryokah, IndepthAfrica, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigerian, okah, South Africa, Warri
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By Ernest Mabuza NIGERIAN terrorist Henry Okah was on Tuesday described as a “peaceful man” by one of the witnesses he called in mitigation of his sentence. In January, the South Gauteng High Court found Okah guilty of 13 counts … read more »
We will host the best athletics meet event, says Uduaghan WITH a large contingent of 21 male and 21 female athletes, Ethiopia looks set to paint the city of Warri red in the fast approaching African Youth Athletics Championship. Apart … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Burkina Faso, Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Warri
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A South African court has convicted a Nigerian separatist leader of masterminding twin car bombings during a celebration in Nigeria. Twelve people were killed and three dozen wounded in the double bombing in October 2010 during a celebration in Nigeria’s … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 Nigerian car bombings, Associated Press, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, South Africa, Warri
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Twenty-four hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo advised the Federal Government to adopt “carrot and stick” approach in tackling Boko Haram, presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, has told the Nigerian leader to pocket his counsel. In fact, Abati said Obasanjo … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigerian news, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Warri, Zain Verjee
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Goodluck Jonathan. President Goodluck Jonathan has again lashed out at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused man unstable in his views regarding government’s handing of the protracted Boko Haram insurgency. Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Warri
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Private planes are all the rage among Nigeria’s humble men of God, with high-flying pastor Ayo Oritsejafor the latest to claim that his own jet is vital for him to spread his gospel effectively. Not everyone is sure, however, that … read more »
By Jideofor Adibe, opinion It is no longer rumour. Hard-talking Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and founder of Word of Life Bible Church, has joined the elite league of Nigerians who own private jets. According … read more »
Police on Sunday night rescued midfielder Christian Obodo, a player for Italy’s Udinese football club now on loan to Lecce, a day after he was abducted in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta, a police spokesman said. Delta state police spokesman Charles … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Christian Obodo, IndepthAfrica, John Obi Mikel, Joseph Yobo, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Udinese Calcio, Warri
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Nigeria midfielder Christain Obodo has been abducted by unknown gunmen in southern Nigeria. A family friend has told BBC Sport that the kidnappers have issued a ransom demand for nearly US$200,000. Police in Warri are yet to issue any official … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Delta State, IndepthAfrica, John Mikel Obi, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Onyekachi Apam, Saturday morning cartoon, Udinese Calcio, Warri
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WARRI—THE legal team of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori is to appeal the 13 years sentence handed him by a London court last week. A reliable member of the team and a Warri- based legal practitioner, … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Delta State, Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Ibori, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, James Ibori, London, Nigeria, Southwark Crown Court, Warri
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A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday. U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press that the man had been released after … read more »
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Abuja – Three additional suspects, including a banker, have been arrested over two car bombings on last year’s Independence Day in Abuja, which killed at least 12 people, Nigeria’s secret police said on Tuesday. One of the three, who was … read more »
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The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday set a tentative trial date in January for Henry Okah, the accused mastermind of Nigeria’s deadly Independence Day blasts in October last year. Okah, a Nigerian national with permanent residence in South Africa, was … read more »
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January 19, 2011 by benim
A Nigerian militant group on Wednesday denied issuing a threat of attacks on fuel depots and transporters and said it was investigating how the warning had been sent from its email address. The threat on Tuesday of a “ferocious attack” … read more »
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December 5, 2010 by benim
SURVIVORS of the December 1 invasion of Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, code-named Operation Restore Hope, yesterday, gave chilling details of how they escaped death, their … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Assemblies of God, Delta State, IndepthAfrica, Mass grave, Niger Delta, Okwagbe, Task force, Unified Task Force, Warri
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November 24, 2010 by benim
Former captain of Nigeria’s under17s, Wilson Oruma, has declared that he will hang up his boots from active football. After playing professional football for over 17 years, 33-year-old Oruma explained that he feels that now is the right time to … read more »
Posted in Nigerian Soccer, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, African soccer, Bendel Insurance F.C., Competitions, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Soccer, sports, Warri, Wilson Oruma
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November 23, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Tuesday it had attacked a pipeline feeding the Warri oil refinery in the Niger Delta at the weekend, the latest in a string of attacks on Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry. “On Sunday, … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Afren, Africa news, disasters-news, Environment, ExxonMobil, Gulf of Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Mobil, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Pipeline transport, War Conflict, Warri
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s intelligence agency on Wednesday accused the suspected mastermind of independence day car bombings of also being behind a similar attack months earlier in the oil city of Warri. The new allegations come ahead of a decision expected in South … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, bomb, car bombs, geography, guerrillas, Henry Okah, IndepthAfrica, Inter-Services Intelligence, International relations, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Political geography, political-news, South Africa, War Conflict, Warri, Year of birth missing
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