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Shell should end Nigeria 'abuse'
BBC Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:11:25 GMT
Amnesty International urges the new head of oil firm Shell to end years of pollution and environmental damage in Nigeria.
MEND ignores amnesty, attacks Shell oil facility
PRESSTV Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:58:36 GMT
Nigeria's main militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Royal Dutch Shell facility, after being granted amnesty by the Nigerian president.
Nigeria to outline Delta amnesty
BBC Thu, 25 Jun 09 08:44:35 BST
President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria is expected to publish details of an amnesty for militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta.
In Nigeria, MEND strikes again
PRESSTV Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:02:03 GMT
Nigeria's main rebel group has launched fresh attacks on a Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline in Rivers state in the Niger Delta.
Nigeria militants 'attack Agip oil pipeline'
INDEPENDENT Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:10:38 GMT
Nigeria's main militant group said today it had attacked an oil pipeline operated by Italian energy firm Agip, widening a campaign which has so far targeted Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell.
Nigeria oil militant 'to disarm'
BBC Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:30:40 GMT
One of Nigeria's top oil militants says he is ready to lay down his weapons, after the government's offer of amnesty.
Nigeria oil station 'set ablaze'
ALJAZEERA Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:20:44 GMT
Armed group attacks Chevron station in oil-rich southern delta region.
Activists to keep pressure on Shell
ALJAZEERA Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:15:25 GMT
Nigeria protesters remain 'aggrieved' after oil firm settles abuse case out of court.
Will Shell pay-out change Nigeria Delta?
BBC Tue, 9 Jun 09 13:27:36 BST
Activists in Nigeria's Niger Delta welcome a settlement made between oil company Royal Dutch Shell and the families of executed activists.
Niger leader's poll bid condemned
BBC Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:53:20 GMT
Trade unions urge Niger's President Mamadou Tandja to scrap plans to hold a referendum allowing him to seek a third term.
Nigerian Army destroys another rebel camp
PRESSTV Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:04:10 GMT
Nigeria's army has destroyed yet another militants' camp in the southern oil-rich region, as part of its military campaign against Niger Delta rebels.
Second hostage death in Nigeria
BBC Sun, 17 May 2009 16:26:04 GMT
Militants in Nigeria's Delta State say a second hostage they were holding has been killed in an attack by the military.
Nigerian rebels warn of 'imminent hurricane'
PRESSTV Thu, 14 May 2009 04:56:53 GMT
Nigerian armed rebels claim new attacks on the army, warning oil groups in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta of an 'imminent hurricane'.
Nigeria unions to start protests
BBC Wed, 13 May 2009 04:05:24 GMT
Nigeria's main labour movement is launching a series of protest rallies against rising fuel prices and low minimum wages.
Can Nigeria's police be reformed?
BBC Thu, 7 May 09 08:15:51 BST
The BBC's Andrew Walker looks at the prospects for reforming Nigeria's police.
PDP wins Nigerian state election
BBC Wed, 6 May 09 06:48:14 BST
Nigeria's governing People's Democratic Party wins a re-run poll for the post of governor in the south-western state of Ekiti.
Nigerian soldiers jailed for life
BBC Tue, 28 Apr 09 09:12:49 BST
A group of Nigerian soldiers who protested about their pay are jailed for life.
Pfizer to pay £50m after deaths of Nigerian children in drug trial experiment
INDEPENDENT Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:00:01 GMT
A divorce case was all that passed for excitement at Richard P Altschuler's "kinda small" lawyer's office in West Haven, Connecticut, when the phone rang nine years ago. On the other end of the line, a world away in the heat of Nigeria, was Etigwe Uwo, a young lawyer with "an incredible story about Pfizer". The Lagos attorney was going to take on the largest pharmaceutical company in the world in an unprecedented class action pitting African parents against an American corporate giant. And he needed help.
The day oil was discovered in Nigeria
BBC Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:14:20 GMT
A witness to the discovery of oil in Nigeria tells his story.
Sectarian violence claims 5 in Nigeria
PRESSTV Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:01:07 GMT
Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians have left five people killed and four others injured in Nigeria's Bauchi state.
Teething formula kills 84 Nigerian children
PRESSTV Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:41:09 GMT
A poisonous antifreeze chemical found in a teething formula has killed 84 infants and children in Nigeria, the country's health minister says.
Nigerians can sue US drugs firm
BBC Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:19:34 GMT
A US court allows Nigerian families to sue drugs giant Pfizer in the US, over its alleged role in a drugs testing scandal.
Niger Delta militant commander killed
PRESSTV Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:26:23 GMT
A leader of a main armed militant group in Nigeria has been killed in the volatile Niger Delta region, according to a military official.
Nigerian army stops raid on oil facility
PRESSTV Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:17:02 GMT
Nigerian troops have repelled a raid by armed militants on an oil-pumping station run by the local unit of Italy's Eni SpA, killing three attackers.
UN working to find Niger envoy
BBC Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:42:35 GMT
The UN says it is working with several countries to help secure the release of its kidnapped special envoy to Niger.
Nigeria 'to join AU Somalia force'
ALJAZEERA Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:18:22 GMT
Country's president commits to send battalion to Horn of Africa nation, AU says.
Nigeria gets first oil minister
BBC Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:37:34 GMT
Nigeria's president names a former head of Opec as the country's first minister for petroleum.
UN diplomat 'missing' in Niger
ALJAZEERA Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:59:07 GMT
Search under way after vehicle found abandoned outside the capital.
Nigeria oil worker hostage freed
BBC Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:40:30 GMT
An Aberdeen oil worker taken hostage in Nigeria has been released by his captors.
Court backs Nigerian president
ALJAZEERA Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:02:48 GMT
Allegations of vote-rigging in 2007 general election dismissed by supreme court.
'Toxic' syrup kills Nigerian babies
ALJAZEERA Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:53:06 GMT
Scores of children are hospitalised after being fed tainted teething mixture.
Troops patrol tense Nigerian city
ALJAZEERA Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:49:27 GMT
Security forces move into central city of Jos after election clashes kill 'hundreds'.
Riots kill 'hundreds' in Nigeria
BBC Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:17:08 GMT
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed during religious clashes in the central Nigerian town of Jos.
Scottish oil worker abducted in Nigeria
PRESSTV Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:07:13 GMT
A Scottish oil worker has been kidnapped in southern Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, an army officer and a diplomat have said.
Chevron shuts some production in Nigeria
PRESSTV Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:39:39 GMT
Chevron Corp. says that some of its production was shut in after a pipeline breach in the western part of the Niger Delta.
Pirates in Nigeria attack oil vessels
PRESSTV Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:59:53 GMT
Pirates in Nigeria have attacked at least two oil vessels in the offshore waters of the Niger Delta, briefly seizing a group of oil workers.
2 more children kidnapped in Nigeria
PRESSTV Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:36:50 GMT
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped two children of a Nigerian oil worker in the Port Harcourt, the African country's southern oil hub.
Nigerian oil rebels call ceasefire
ALJAZEERA Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:46:13 GMT
Mend's declaration comes a week after the group had called for an all out 'oil war'.
Nigeria rebels 'destroy oil line'
ALJAZEERA Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:53:26 GMT
Mend claims it has destroyed a major pipeline owned by Shell in Delta 'oil war'.

Jomo Gbomo, a Mend spokesman, on Saturday claimed to have grassroots support: "The impoverished and neglected inhabitants of oil-producing communities consider our actions to these structures as good riddance to bad rubbish.

"Oil exploration has brought only pain to them by way of environmental damage, harassment from the military and rape of under-aged girls by soldiers, extra-judicial killings of young men and development and wealth to other parts of the country at their detriment," he said.

Mend has also warned it will attack the country's two big deep offshore fields, Shell's Bonga and Chevron's Agbami, as well as oil and gas tankers in Nigerian waters.
Nigerian rebels destroy Shell pipeline
PRESSTV Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:55:34 GMT
Nigeria's most prominent armed group has said it destroyed a major oil pipeline in the Niger Delta belonging to Royal Dutch Shell.
Venezuela expels rights activists
PRESSTV Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:44:23 GMT
The Venezuelan President has ordered expulsion of two human rights activists accusing them of working with Bush administration to unseat him.
Nigeria MEND rebels hit Shell facility
PRESSTV Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:01:43 GMT
Nigerian militants have threatened to widen their 'oil war' to offshore oilfields, after attacking a Shell oil pipeline in the Niger Delta.
TV station shut down in Nigeria
BBC Wed, 17 Sep 08 11:17:01 BST
A TV station is shut down and journalists arrested after saying the president would resign.
Nigeria oil installation attacked
ALJAZEERA Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:14:27 GMT
Ongoing attacks in the Niger Delta have disrupted output and added to price rises.
Nigerian troops clash with rebels
ALJAZEERA Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:47:55 GMT
Fighting between armed group and military takes 'oil war' into third day.
Nigeria militants warn of oil war
BBC Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:52:08 GMT

Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region say they have "declared war" on the government after battling security forces guarding facilities.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it was responding to attacks by the military.

Mend's violent campaign for a bigger part of the area's oil wealth has cut Nigeria's oil output by more than 20%.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua is under pressure to crack down on the militants and make the delta safer for international oil firms.


Nigeria MEND rebels declare 'oil war'
PRESSTV Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:35:18 GMT
Nigeria's main rebel group declares an 'oil war' in the nation in response to alleged 'unprovoked attacks' by Nigerian forces a day earlier.
Marketing 'killing Nigerian festival'
BBC Mon, 8 Sep 08 05:45:10 BST
A unique traditional festival in Nigeria is under threat from commercial interests, cultural guardians say.
Iran to build 30,000 houses in Nigeria
PRESSTV Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:56:05 GMT
Iran and Nigeria have signed a memorandum of understanding based on which the Islamic Republic will build 30,000 houses in Nigeria.
Nigeria rebels claim 29 soldiers dead
PRESSTV Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:53:18 GMT
The most prominent armed group in oil-rich southern Nigeria has claimed to have killed at least 29 government soldiers in three early evening attacks.
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