| Sun, 5 Jul 2009 Militant Group Seeks Armistice Not Amnesty For Niger Delta Crisis
By OBAFEMI OREDEIN | IBADAN, Nigeria -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, Saturday advocated for armistice as opposed to amnesty as the next step to take in resolving the region's crisis. | "Armistice for freedom fighters is what MEND and To... | Attacks Cripple Shell's Niger Delta Operations
By OBAFEMI OREDEIN | Dow Jones Newswires | IBADAN, Nigeria--Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Saturday it was operating its many facilities in the Niger Delta with a minimum staff following the frequent attacks on its facilities in the region by militants. | "Shell Petroleum D... | Niger Delta Militants Threaten Trans-Saharan Pipeline
| Members of Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta in Nigeria's Niger Delta area (file photo)The main rebel group in Nigeria's restive, oil producing Niger Delta region has made threats against a planned multi-billion-dollar pipeline project that would deliv... | Niger's continuing crisis imperils democracy, Secretary-General warns
2 July - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law. | The rec... | Human Rights Tragedy in Niger Delta, Says Amnesty International
By Joe DeCapua, Washington D.CAmnesty International has issued a new report saying pollution has created a "human rights tragedy" in Nigeria's Niger Delta. | The report examines oil spills, gas flaring and waste dumping by the oil industry and centers on the operations ... | Natural gas line would connect Africa, Europe
| ABUJA, NIGERIA - Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to create a $10 billion pipeline that would ship natural gas across the Sahara to Europe, Nigeria's state oil company said Friday. | The plan comes as Europe seeks new sources of natural gas imports.... | Review of the 1999 Constitution- Edo Politician tasks National Assembly members from Niger Delta on ...
In view of the sustained agitation mounted by Niger Delta patriots since the last three decades for the resource control or fiscal federalism of all states in Nigeria; which culminated to the militant dimension and the attendant "criminal" perspectives inform of hostage... | |
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