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Edo, Niger Delta, State News
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Investigations into the fracas that resulted in the destruction of over 40 vehicles at Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State on Sunday morning revealed that the warring ex-militants and suspected cultists were quarrelling over a female student of the institution. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae who addressed journalists yesterday, denied reports of a […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, June 11th, 2012
Fresh violence may erupt in the crisis-prone Niger Delta following threats from ex-militants to return to the creeks and resume hostilities in about two weeks. The ex-militants are demanding a total of N3bn compensation from the Federal Government for the killing one of their leaders, John Togo, and allegedly destroying two coastal communities in Delta […]
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Niger Delta
Monday, May 28th, 2012
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— JOINT Task Force, JTF, has accused multinational oil companies of insincerity in the crusade against illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta region. Commander, Sector 2, Operation Pulo Shield and Brigade Commander, 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Brig- General Tukur Burutai, who spoke, yesterday, lamented what he termed the […]
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Armed Forces, Niger Delta
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has intercepted another vessel loaded with 600,000 litres of allegedly stolen crude oil in the creek of Akassa, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Also, 18 suspects on board the oil vessel, marked MV Tamuno […]
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Niger Delta
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, P/Harcourt The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, at the weekend, smashed an oil theft syndicate using the riverside Otuogori community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State as depot for the transportation of illegally refined petroleum products to other parts of the country. Six […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Nigeria loses about 150,000 barrels of oil per day and $5 billion yearly, through crude oil theft. The revelation was made at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the Managing Director of Shell Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Mutiu Sunmonu. Sunmonu said SPDC joint venture suffers a daily loss of 43,000 barrels […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, May 4th, 2012
As reactions continued to trail the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen Owoeye Azazi’s (rtd) utterance on the festering insecurity problem occasioned by the activities of Boko Haram, an Ijaw leader, Denzil Amagbe Kentebe, has stoutly risen in defence of the security chief, declaring that he has not done anything wrong to warrant his removal or […]
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Boko Haram, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
There were indications on Sunday that security operatives in the Niger Delta had been placed on the alert following reports that Boko Haram was planning an attack on the region. Our correspondents learnt that the police, the Joint Task Force and the State Security Service had begun special collaboration in their efforts to clamp down […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria’s militant group MEND threatened Saturday to attack South Africa’s investments, including telecoms firm MTN, in the Niger Delta, because of the terror trial of its leader in Johannesburg. “Our decision to attack South African investments in the Niger Delta is directly related to the conduct of President (Jacob) Zuma regarding the […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The deadly militant group based in Niger Delta region, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has carried out a devastating attack in Bayelsa State, destroying oil installations belonging to Agip. The attack was carried out after the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued by aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta over their […]
