07/18/2007

Warri — NIGER-DELTA Freedom Fighters (NDFF), the militant group in Egbema kingdom of Delta State, which kidnapped four American workers of the Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), May 8, and released them after 22 days in captivity, yesterday, called on the Federal Government, Delta State Government and the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to urgently begin the provision of development infrastructures and employment for the youths in the Ijaw province.

07/17/2007

Daily Champion (Lagos)Lagos - Michael Stewart was the first, Margret Hill, second and now it is Samuel Amadi all minors who have had a taste of the kidnap experience. Michael Stewart is the son of a female house of assembly lawmaker, Margaret Hill, a daughter of a Briton and Samuel, a prince.

07/17/2007

This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Against a background of incessant hostage taking and communal strife borne out of poverty, concerned citizens seek elusive peace for the troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region. Abimbola Akosile reviews inputs made by various stakeholders at home and abroad on a vital process

07/17/2007

Lagos — Michael Stewart was the first, Margret Hill, second and now it is Samuel Amadi all minors who have had a taste of the kidnap experience. Michael Stewart is the son of a female house of assembly lawmaker, Margaret Hill, a daughter of a Briton and Samuel, a prince.

07/15/2007

Vanguard (Lagos)ON Tuesday, July 10, at the headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta, code named Operation Restore Hope in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, the commander, Brigadier-Gen. Lawrence Ngubane, who was visibly perturbed by the escalating banditry of militants in the region, notwithstanding the release of the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NPDVF) and modern-day symbol of the Ijaw struggle, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, from detention by the authorities, wondered, in as session with newsmen, what the militants actually want.

07/15/2007

ON Tuesday, July 10, at the headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta, code named Operation Restore Hope in Effurun, near Warri, Delta State, the commander, Brigadier-Gen. Lawrence Ngubane, who was visibly perturbed by the escalating banditry of militants in the region, notwithstanding the release of the leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NPDVF) and modern-day symbol of the Ijaw struggle, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, from detention by the authorities, wondered, in as session with newsmen, what the militants actually want.

07/14/2007

This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday condemned strongly the act of child kidnapping in the Niger Delta region, saying "we cannot, and we must not accept, the violation of childhood innocence for struggle of any kind."

07/14/2007

Lagos — Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday condemned strongly the act of child kidnapping in the Niger Delta region, saying "we cannot, and we must not accept, the violation of childhood innocence for struggle of any kind."

07/13/2007

Daily Champion (Lagos)Lagos - The international community was jolted recently when militants in the oil-rich Niger- Delta region kidnapped a three- year old British girl. CHUKWUDI OBI writes that kidnap in that region has taken a sudden twist where children have become targets.

07/13/2007

Lagos — The international community was jolted recently when militants in the oil-rich Niger- Delta region kidnapped a three- year old British girl. CHUKWUDI OBI writes that kidnap in that region has taken a sudden twist where children have become targets.

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