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2012/05/27 09:53
2012/05/27 09:53
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Nigeria Islamic group Boko Haram spreads fear far...
... 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...
Read more at Los Angeles Times
Ken Saro-Wiwa
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2012/05/25 09:29
2012/05/25 09:29
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We Lose N2.47 Billion Daily to Crude Oil Thieves,...
... 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...
Read more at
AllAfrica.com
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AllAfrica.com
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Austen Oniwon
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
Hon
National Task Force on Petroleum Revenue
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2012/05/25 05:29
2012/05/25 05:29
2d
JTF Destroys Vessel With 600,000 Litres of Stolen...
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Joint Task Force
Rasheed Kolawole
Onyema Nwachukwu
Brass council
JTF headquarters
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2012/05/24 14:29
2012/05/24 14:29
3d
Can North Survive Without the South?
... disproportionate revenue allocation to the North. The northern demand drew the ire of some
Niger Delta
ns, who demanded true federalism and 50 per derivation as was practiced in the First...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
National Assembly
Central Bank of Nigeria
Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu
Junaid Mohammed
Malam Lamido Sanusi
MENTIONED
2012/05/22 20:40
2012/05/22 20:40
5d
Shell under fire over Arctic plans and pay
... $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...
Read more at The Globe and Mail
Shell
Peter Voser
Jorma Ollila
Hans Wijers
London’s Barbican Centre
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2012/05/22 14:29
2012/05/22 14:29
5d
Annual Ritual - You Spill Oil, No We Don't
... 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...
Read more at
AllAfrica.com
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AllAfrica.com
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CommonDreams.org
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Shell
The Hague
Paul de Clerck
United Nations
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2012/05/22 10:54
2012/05/22 10:54
5d
UK govt.’s intervention to aid Shell condemned
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...
Read more at Press TV
Shell Oil
UK Government
Amnesty International UK
British Government
US court
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2012/05/21 12:30
2012/05/21 12:30
6d
We Must Go On With One Nigeria
... 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),...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Tony Ene Asuquo
Lagos
Michael Okpara
Ango Abdullahi
Isaac Shaahu
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2012/05/21 11:29
2012/05/21 11:29
6d
NNDC - Why Oil Search in North Failed So Far
... 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...
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AllAfrica.com
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AllAfrica.com
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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
federal government
Chevron
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2012/05/20 15:29
2012/05/20 15:29
7d
Amnesty Programme - Only President Jonathan Can I...
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Amnesty
Itsekiri National Youth Council
Kingsley Kuku
House of Representatives
National Assembly
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2012/05/20 06:29
2012/05/20 06:29
7d
JTF Seeks Community Help to Curb Illegal Bunkering
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Joint Task Force
Onyema Nwachukwu
federal government
News Agency of Nigeria
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2012/05/19 08:30
2012/05/19 08:30
8d
Igbinedion Varsity Admits 203 Ex-Militants
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
federal government
Kingsley Kuku
Igbinedion University
Igbinedion University
Federal Government Amnesty Committee
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2012/05/19 07:29
2012/05/19 07:29
8d
Militants Threaten Violence Over Non-Inclusion in...
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
federal government
Amnesty
National Assembly
Benin City
Abiodu Edah
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2012/05/18 12:29
2012/05/18 12:29
9d
Relief As FAAC Nears Resolution On April Allocati...
... 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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
federal government
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Federation Accounts Allocation Committee
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2012/05/16 10:31
2012/05/16 10:31
11d
Oil Spills - Shell Pays U.S.$1.1 Million to Commu...
... 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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Shell Petroleum Development Company
Lagos
MENTIONED
2012/05/16 08:29
2012/05/16 08:29
11d
Shonekan Wants New Gas Project Fast-Tracked
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Liquefied Natural Gas
Nigeria LNG Limited
Ernest Shonekan
federal government
LNG plant
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2012/05/15 04:11
2012/05/15 04:11
12d
Shell says losing 43,000bpd to Nigeria oil theft
... 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...
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Climate Spectator
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AllAfrica.com
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Climate Spectator
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Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
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Precious Okolobo
Lagos
Mutiu Sumonu
Mutiu Sunmonu
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2012/05/14 23:29
2012/05/14 23:29
13d
Niger Delta Demands 14 More States
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...
Read more at AllAfrica.com
Oluwa (Ondo) Ijebu
National Assembly
Kaduna
Kano
Tiga
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2012/05/13 19:30
2012/05/13 19:30
14d
Total says gas leak stopped at Nigeria field
... 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...
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Lagos
Total E&P Nigeria Limited
Fred Ohwahwa
News Agency of Nigeria
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2012/05/12 13:37
2012/05/12 13:37
15d
Africa's oil theft crisis
... 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...
Read more at Independent
Shell Petroleum Development Company
Nigerian National Petroleum Company
Mitiu Sunmonu
Austen Oniwon
Matthew
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