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05/08/2008

Leadership (Abuja) opinion The commitment of President Yar'Adua's administration to give urgent priority to the problems in the Niger Delta has given impetus to hopes that a peaceful settlement might finally be in sight for the troubled region.

05/07/2008

Lagos — THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday, said the former President of United States, Jimmy Carter, has agreed to mediate in the Niger Delta crisis if invited by the Nigerian government.

05/07/2008

Port Harcourt — Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday said that the end of militancy was in sight with the acceptance of former American President, Mr. Jimmy Carter, to mediate in the crisis if invited by the federal government and other stakeholders.

05/07/2008

Washington, DC — The campaign of United States presidential candidate Barack Obama has denied reports that Obama appealed to a militant group to end hostilities in the Niger Delta. "Senator Obama has not made any recent comment on the situation in the Niger Delta," the campaign in press guidance provided to AllAfrica.   "The Senator does advocate an end to the violence in the Delta region and urges all parties to establish a process for addressing the relevant issues and grievances in order to create the conditions for peace and economic development," the statement said.

05/06/2008

Lagos — The Federal Government may have opted to try the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, in camera because it was discovered that some officers of the Nigerian Army sold weapons to his group in the Niger Delta.

05/05/2008

Leadership (Abuja) Royal Dutch Shell over the weekend shut down more of its production following fresh attacks on its facilities by militants in the Niger Delta. Militants suspected to be members of the Henry Okah-led Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger (MEND) on Saturday launched an attack on a flow station in southern Bayelsa State.

05/05/2008

Port Harcourt — The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it is considering a temporary cessation of hostilities in the oil-producing region based on an appeal by United States presidential hopeful, Senator Barack Obama.

05/04/2008

Attacks on oil facilities in the Niger-Delta allegedly by militants fighting for 'resource control' have been narrowed down to sabotage by the chief of the defence staff, CDS, General Owoye Azazi. "I believe it's an act of sabotage. If you want to control resources, why would you blow up those resources? So that they are not available to anybody? I believe it's an act of sabotage", the CDS said, weekend.

05/04/2008

Lagos — UNKNOWN armed men, yesterday, attacked the Diebu creek flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company in the coastal area of Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, damaging three oil wells.

05/04/2008

Leadership (Abuja) The federal government has dropped the treason charges against one of the two accused rebel leaders in the Niger Delta region, even as it rejected a bid to have an open trial for the remaining suspect.