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Leadership (Abuja)Nigeria's main rebel group yesterday said its fighters have killed 29 Nigerian soldiers in a reprisal attack carried out in three different locations in the Niger delta.
In an email to media organizations, MEND said it carried out the attack as reprisal for "the killings of men, women and children from their so-called "warning shots" in the inland waterways to punitive expeditions on oil bearing communities."
Leadership (Abuja)Nigeria's main rebel group yesterday said its fighters have killed 29 Nigerian soldiers in a reprisal attack carried out in three different locations in the Niger delta.
In an email to media organizations, MEND said it carried out the attack as reprisal for "the killings of men, women and children from their so-called "warning shots" in the inland waterways to punitive expeditions on oil bearing communities."
Vanguard (Lagos)Tragic struck in Bayelsa State after soldiers mistook four persons travelling by boat in the creek for militants and shot three of them dead.
IF only they had known that danger was lurking around, perhaps they would have shelved that ill-fated trip that has turned out to be pain in the minds of their relatives and friends. There was no premonition whatsoever to suggest that, that bright Sunday, disaster was waiting to spoil the joy of the Sese and the Ajayi families of Forupa community in Bayelsa State.
Lagos — Thirty-five people were killed yesterday in violent clashes between security personnel policing the Niger Delta and militants. The deadly exchanges took place in Bayelsa, Delta and River States.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an e-mail message it sent to Reuters news agency that it had launched a series of reprisal attacks against the men of the Nigerian Army. The group claimed 29 soldiers and six of its own members were killed in the fighting.
Leadership (Abuja)
Nigeria's main rebel group yesterday said its fighters have killed 29 Nigerian soldiers in a reprisal attack carried out in three different locations in the Niger delta.
In an email to media organizations, MEND said it carried out the attack as reprisal for "the killings of men, women and children from their so-called "warning shots" in the inland waterways to punitive expeditions on oil bearing communities."
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Tragic struck in Bayelsa State after soldiers mistook four persons travelling by boat in the creek for militants and shot three of them dead.
IF only they had known that danger was lurking around, perhaps they would have shelved that ill-fated trip that has turned out to be pain in the minds of their relatives and friends. There was no premonition whatsoever to suggest that, that bright Sunday, disaster was waiting to spoil the joy of the Sese and the Ajayi families of Forupa community in Bayelsa State.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - Gunmen yesterday demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate, Ehud Avni kidnapped early this week in his home in Port Harcourt, an Israeli embassy source said yesterday.
The embassy official, who asked not to be named, said the gunmen did not give a deadline for the ransom payment.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Some members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have condemned the frequent attack on oil facilities in the Niger Delta by militia groups.
They said these attacks have always been counter-productive for the people of the region.
Port Harcourt — Gunmen yesterday demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate, Ehud Avni kidnapped early this week in his home in Port Harcourt, an Israeli embassy source said yesterday.
The embassy official, who asked not to be named, said the gunmen did not give a deadline for the ransom payment.
Lagos — Some members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have condemned the frequent attack on oil facilities in the Niger Delta by militia groups.
They said these attacks have always been counter-productive for the people of the region.