AFP/File – Nigerian militants arrive by boat to surrender arms on October 3 in Port Harcourt. Nigeria's hopes … LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria's hopes for an end to three years of violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta have been raised... [read full story]
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil company, said its Nigerian venture is taking advantage of a declared cease-fire to quickly restore 800,000 barrels a day of production lost to earlier militant attacks.
Abuja (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 - Nigeria is soon to start retraining the first batch of former oil rebels that laid down arms after years of waging attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Former warlords that agreed to the amnesty package put together by the Federal Government and submitted their arms, say they are tired of the series of meetings the FG has been holding with them just as government has announced...
A group, Niger Delta Peace Mandate, has commended President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over the amnesty that was recently granted to militants in the Niger Delta . It also offered a recipe to the region's crisis.
Abuja — President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua observed yesterday that anything that disturbs the peace and stability of the neighbouring Niger Republic would also affect Nigeria. Speaking while receiving the visiting Prime Minister of...
Abuja — President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua observed yesterday that anything that disturbs the peace and stability of the neighbouring Niger Republic would also affect Nigeria. Speaking while receiving the visiting Prime Minister of...
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Anotech Global Company Nigeria Limited, Warri, Tony Okoh, has said that the positive impact of the Federal Government"amnesty programme has started to manifest in the Niger delta region.
There are indications that the truce reached between the federal government and militants engaged in struggle for the development of the Niger Delta region, may be short-lived as the militants at a meeting yesterday in Abuja,...
There are indications that the truce reached between the federal government and militants engaged in struggle for the development of the Niger Delta region, may be short-lived as the militants at a meeting yesterday in Abuja,...
MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer, Anotech Global Company Nigeria Limited, Warri, Delta State, Engr. Tony Okoh, has said the fruits of the Federal Government's amnesty to militants have started manifesting with free...
Umaru Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, Rivers State, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Niger
