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Port Harcourt — Despite heavily armed government troops manning roadblocks and patrolling the streets of Nigeria's main southern oil city Port Harcourt, many locals say the militias which the troops have been fighting, are still located in and around the city and that the current peace is temporary.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Governor Celestine Omehia of Rivers State yesterday announced what amounted to a subtle proclamation of emergency rule in the state when he said soldiers would be on Port Harcourt streets for the next six months.
Port Harcourt — Governor Celestine Omehia of Rivers State yesterday announced what amounted to a subtle proclamation of emergency rule in the state when he said soldiers would be on Port Harcourt streets for the next six months.
Weekly Trust (Abuja)Kaduna - Bickering between All Nigeria People's Party's (ANPP) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and the party's national leadership is yet again pushing the main opposition party to the precipice.
Port Harcourt — People are fleeing Nigeria's main oil city of Port Harcourt amid heavy fighting between government troops and armed gangs, residents and officials told IRIN on Friday.
"The whole thing appears to be completely out of hand," said Opuka Ibieye, a resident of Port Harcourt, a 2 million strong city in the south of the country, who said he was fleeing the city with his family.
Vanguard (Lagos)Yenagoa - The identity of the expatriate who lost his life in the custody of Niger Delta militants in Bayelsa State has been revealed.
He was John Hana-Daher, a Syrian national who until his death was an employee of Gocogipar Nig. Ltd., a Port-Harcourt-based oil servicing contracting firm to the Italian oil giant, Nigerian Agip Oil Company.
Vanguard (Lagos)Lagos - THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened renewed attacks on oil and gas installations within the area at the end of August due to perceived lack of genuine commitment on the part of government to address the issues at stake.
Lagos — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened renewed attacks on oil and gas installations within the area at the end of August due to perceived lack of genuine commitment on the part of government to address the issues at stake.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Lagos - ANY end in sight to the Niger Delta crisis? In Nigeria today, it will be difficult for anybody including president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to answer the above question.
In fact, the Niger Delta has become an albatross to the nation. Many are worried that the crisis in the zone is on the rise despite government's efforts to address the hydraheaded problem.
Lagos — ANY end in sight to the Niger Delta crisis? In Nigeria today, it will be difficult for anybody including president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to answer the above question.
In fact, the Niger Delta has become an albatross to the nation. Many are worried that the crisis in the zone is on the rise despite government's efforts to address the hydraheaded problem.