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04/18/2006

Warri — THE Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Ijaw Youths Leadership Forum (IYLF), yesterday, asked the Federal Government to put on hold today's inauguration of the Council of Socio-Economic Development of the Coastal States until non-political and unadulterated consultations are made with the stakeholders, principally the Ijaw with a view to addressing the crux of the Niger Delta crisis.

04/18/2006

Warri — THERE were discordant tunes, yesterday, on the resolution of the face-off between the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC) over the attendance of the April 5 stakeholders' conference on the Niger Delta, convened by President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja by Ijaw leaders, including the President of FNDIC, Chief Bello Oboko.

04/18/2006

opinion President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a special forum on the Niger Delta on April 5, 2006 in Abuja. This article is intended to serve as a backgrounder to the Presidential Forum on the Niger Delta, not its review.

04/18/2006

Warri — A new group, Movement for the Sovereign State of the Niger Delta (MSSND) has debunked the claim by another group that the Ijaw are planning for a guerilla warfare with the Federal Government. The National Coordinator of the MSSND, Mr. Bailbond Esaba who said this in Warri over the weekend said that even though the people of the Niger Delta are desirous for a country of their own they do not intend to get it by going to war with the Federal Government .

04/17/2006

Warri — THREE Ijaw groups -- the Niger-Delta Federated Communities of Warri, Warri National Congress (WNC), Ijaw Chapter and a section of the Meinbutus are threatening to confront Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) if any harm comes to the President of the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC), Chief Bello Oboko, or any other Ijaw leader on account of their attending the April 5 stakeholders' conference on the region, convened by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

04/15/2006

IT was with a mouthful of air that all and sundry waited after the April 5 Stakeholders' Conference on the Niger-Delta, held in the cozy confine of Aso Villa, Abuja with President Matthew Okikiolakan Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired General of the Nigeria Army, who holds the double traditional title of Balogun Owu and Ekerin Egba presiding.

04/13/2006

Lagos/Abuja — Crude oil prices yesterday notched up to about $70 per barrel after news of renewed threat by Ijaw militants to attack oil companies and production facilities in the Niger Delta sent fresh fears of supply crunch to the international oil market.

04/13/2006

Warri — IJAW elders have waded into the row between the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Ijaw leaders that attended the April 5 Stakeholders' Conference on the Niger-Delta convened by President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja.

04/12/2006

Lagos — MILITANT Ijaw youths yesterday warned indigenes of Niger Delta against participating in the newly constituted presidential committee on socio-economic development of the region vowing to kill those who ignore its warning on the issue.

04/12/2006

Lagos — Federal Government yesterday launched a fresh bid process for the award of 14 oil blocks with the target of earning about $540 million (N69.12 billion) revenue from signature bonuses on the acreage. The Niger Delta militants responsible for the current loss of about 25 percent of the country's oil production have again threatened to launch fresh attacks on oil companies operating in the region to demonstrate their opposition to the stakeholders' meeting convened last week by President Olusegun Obasanjo to resolve the crisis in the region.