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Daily Champion (Lagos)Lagos - HOPES of peace in the Niger Delta oil industry hub dimmed yesterday when militants forced Shell to shut in another 150,000 barrels of oil per day (150 kbd), growing Nigeria's output loss to 890 kbd.
The development coincided with an ultimatum by Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on government to reverse the sale of Kaduna and Port Harcourt Refineries within 14 days.
Lagos — HOPES of peace in the Niger Delta oil industry hub dimmed yesterday when militants forced Shell to shut in another 150,000 barrels of oil per day (150 kbd), growing Nigeria's output loss to 890 kbd.
The development coincided with an ultimatum by Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on government to reverse the sale of Kaduna and Port Harcourt Refineries within 14 days.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied clashing with the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters (NDFF) over the abduction of four American oil workers at Egbema.
Vanguard had reported yesterday that militants under the platform of MEND had clashed with the NDFF over the same matter. But in an online statement sent to Vanguard yesterday, MEND blamed the members of a community for the attack.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Niger-Delta Freedom Fighters (NDDF), aka Egbema One, which clashed in the creek, Sunday, following an audacious attempt by the MEND to rescue the four American hostages, kidnapped by the latter since May 8, precisely 22 days ago, have reportedly agreed on a ceasefire, raising hope, yesterday, that the foreign oil workers would be released before long.
Warri — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied clashing with the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters (NDFF) over the abduction of four American oil workers at Egbema.
Vanguard had reported yesterday that militants under the platform of MEND had clashed with the NDFF over the same matter. But in an online statement sent to Vanguard yesterday, MEND blamed the members of a community for the attack.
Warri — MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) and the Niger-Delta Freedom Fighters (NDDF), aka Egbema One, which clashed in the creek, Sunday, following an audacious attempt by the MEND to rescue the four American hostages, kidnapped by the latter since May 8, precisely 22 days ago, have reportedly agreed on a ceasefire, raising hope, yesterday, that the foreign oil workers would be released before long.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - FIVE members of the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters (NDDF), aka Egbema One, the militant group that abducted four American oil workers of Global Industries, May 8, have been kidnapped following a gun battle in the early hours of Sunday with militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). MEND members had invaded the den of the Egbema One in the creek in a daring bid to rescue the hostages.
Vanguard (Lagos)Lagos - The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), yesterday handed over Port-Harcourt and Kaduna refineries to Bluestar Oils Services Consortium, floated by business mogul, Alh. Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola of Zenon Oil, Rivers State Government and other Nigerian investors.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Prologue
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was not a man given to dreams but this was one he would not forget in a hurry. As he dozed off sometime in August 1997, he found himself transported into a huge compound where he confronted an unusually huge man who beckoned on him to come inside the premises.
Warri — FIVE members of the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters (NDDF), aka Egbema One, the militant group that abducted four American oil workers of Global Industries, May 8, have been kidnapped following a gun battle in the early hours of Sunday with militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). MEND members had invaded the den of the Egbema One in the creek in a daring bid to rescue the hostages.