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2012/05/27 09:53
2012/05/27 09:53
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... greater share of oil revenue as part of a 2009 deal to appease southern rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta, but the formula imposes increasing inequity on the north"... I can categorically say...
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2012/05/25 09:29
2012/05/25 09:29
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... illegal activities that include bunkering and pipeline tapping on major oil facilities in the Niger Delta has risen from 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) as revealed in February this year by Shell...
2012/05/25 05:29
2012/05/25 05:29
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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...
2012/05/24 14:29
2012/05/24 14:29
3d
... disproportionate revenue allocation to the North. The northern demand drew the ire of some Niger Deltans, who demanded true federalism and 50 per derivation as was practiced in the First...
2012/05/22 20:40
2012/05/22 20:40
5d
... $1-billion (U.S.) on a clean-up and rehabilitation of the polluted areas of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. The $1-billion estimated budget emerged from a UN Environment Programme report...
2012/05/22 14:29
2012/05/22 14:29
5d
... because of what they called 'incessant' oil theft from a major pipeline in the Niger Delta. The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, recently criticised by the United Nations Environment...
2012/05/22 10:54
2012/05/22 10:54
5d
Select Committee to question the British Foreign Office about the issue. Communities in the Niger Delta, who accuse Shell of being responsible for serious human rights abuses and environmental...
2012/05/21 12:30
2012/05/21 12:30
6d
... North unendurable threatened secession, while Isaac Boro unsuccessfully proclaimed in 1966 the Niger Delta Peoples Republic. Most recently, the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination (BAMOSD),...
2012/05/21 11:29
2012/05/21 11:29
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... said. It said in the early 1990s, Shell, Chevron and Elf were awarded oil blocks in the Niger Delta on the condition that they conduct oil exploration in the North but they all abandoned...
2012/05/20 15:29
2012/05/20 15:29
7d
THE Presidential Amnesty Programme for militants among Niger Delta youths who laid down their weapons to give way to peace and development in the region, once again, took a centre-stage of activities...
2012/05/20 06:29
2012/05/20 06:29
7d
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta on Friday called for the cooperation of community leaders to stern the activities of oil thieves in the region. Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Media...
2012/05/19 08:30
2012/05/19 08:30
8d
In an effort to keep ex-militants of the Niger Delta region busy and relevant to the society, a total of 208 of the ex-militants are currently studying various degree programmes at Nigeria's premier...
2012/05/19 07:29
2012/05/19 07:29
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Benin — FRESH crisis is brewing in the Niger Delta, as over 200 ex-militants in the region, who earlier accepted the amnesty granted by the Federal Government, have condemned the alleged non-inclusion...
2012/05/18 12:29
2012/05/18 12:29
9d
... of the sustained crude oil theft and illegal bunkering activities particularly in the Niger Delta region with has cost the economy huge revenue leakages. Other sources said the meeting...
2012/05/16 10:31
2012/05/16 10:31
11d
... that if this business continues at this rate, the effects could be devastating, not only to the social and environmental structure of many areas of the Niger Delta, but also to Nigeria's econ...
2012/05/16 08:29
2012/05/16 08:29
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Train 7 will provide about 10,000 jobs for Nigerians, and particularly the youths in the Niger Delta. Since it opened shop in Bonny, Nigeria LNG Limited has provided more than 2,000 jobs...
2012/05/15 04:11
2012/05/15 04:11
12d
... grade Bonny Light crude due to outages caused by oil theft. An amnesty in 2009 sharply reduced militancy in the Niger Delta, but bunkering has if anything worsened since then, oil companies...
2012/05/14 23:29
2012/05/14 23:29
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People of the Niger Delta region have filed demands for the creation of 14 additional states to the National Assembly, documents obtained by Daily Trust show. In all, demands for a total of 46 new...
2012/05/13 19:30
2012/05/13 19:30
14d
... the gas flow from its Obite natural gas field in Rivers state, in the heart of the country's Niger Delta. Workers will put a cement seal on the well to permanently staunch the flow from the...
2012/05/12 13:37
2012/05/12 13:37
15d
... charred and tarred the environment. Shell has an infamous reputation for spilling oil in Niger Delta after 44 years of polluting leaks from its 6,000km network of pipes in the region, which...