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07/10/2007

Warri — PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua is to meet with Niger-Delta militants in Abuja soon over their demand for the creation of two more states - Oil Rivers and Toruebe for the Ijaws and an additional Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, as part of the conditions for peace to reign in the region.

07/10/2007

Port Harcourt — THE British kid, Margaret Hill, who was freed, Sunday, after four days in abductors' den was badly bitten by mosquitoes "around her hands and legs," according to her father, Mike. She was due to undergo medical treatment yesterday, he said.

07/10/2007

Port Louis — Oil prices dropped after having reached 11-month highs following the kidnapping of a little girl, Margaret Hill, together with US supply concerns. Margaret HIll was back in her relieved father's arms after being freed by the kidnappers.

07/08/2007

Yenagoa — NIGER Delta militants under the aegis of the Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the kidnappers of three-year old Briton, Miss Margaret Hill, to set free their captive or face their wrath. The ultimatum took effect from yesterday, just as the distraught mother of the little girl, Oluchi, said the kidnappers had asked for ransom. She did not say how much was being demanded by the kidnappers.

07/07/2007

Lagos — President Umar Yar' Adua yesterday expressed deep concern over the kidnap of a three year-old British girl, Margaret Hill in Port Harcourt and directed all security agencies in the country to ensure her safe return to her parents.

07/07/2007

Port Harcourt — A frantic search by security agencies is afoot in the oil city of Port Harcourt and its environs by combined teams of security operatives, following President Yar'Adua's directive to them to ensure her safe return.

07/06/2007

Port Harcourt — A three-year-old Briton, Margaret Hill was kidnapped yesterday by unidentified gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital even as oil prices have risen to $74.81 per barrel in the market. She is the third child to be abducted by unknown gunmen in the country in the last few weeks.

07/05/2007

Port Harcourt — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday, announced the end of its month-long suspension of attacks on oil installations in the area, called to allow talks with the new government.

07/04/2007

Lagos — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday threatened to resume attack on oil installations in the region following expiration of its month-long ceasefire. It said the group has been kept on the sidelines in Federal Government negotiations with people of the region aimed at bringing lasting peace.

07/03/2007

Yenagoa — A militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said that no amount of blackmail or intimidation would force it to abandon the struggle for resource control. Spokesman of the group, Jomo Gbomo who stated this in a press statement made available to Daily Champion in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, noted that the group and other genuine ones are fighting for the just cause of the Niger Delta, which includes resource control and a better deal for people of the region; adding that MEND is not concerned about the release of an individual.