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04/16/2009

Daily Independent (Lagos) Lagos — Still recovering from last weekend's attack by soldiers, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has vowed to launch an attack on oil installations in the Niger Delta if the Joint Task Force (JTF) continued to attack it.

04/15/2009

SOUTH-SOUTH Liberation Movement (SSLM) and a conflict management expert in the Niger-Delta, Prince Clement Bebenimibo, yesterday differed on the amnesty offered militants by the Federal Government. While the SSLM in a press statement signed by Francis Job described the amnesty as a ploy by the government and security agents to trap the freedom fighters and subjugate the people of the Niger-Delta, Prince Bebenimibo described it as a step in the right direction.

04/14/2009

In spite of the Federal Government's plans to grant amnesty to militants, gunmen yesterday attacked Nigerian Navy personnel protecting a Royal Dutch Shell oil facility in the Niger Delta, killing one sailor and stealing four speedboats belonging to the firm.

04/14/2009

Yenagoa — IT was a bloody Easter in the Niger-Delta, as 18 militants were feared drowned when the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta sank four of their speedboats in a gun battle at Okilo Creek, near Igbomotoru River, Tebideba route, Bayelsa State.

04/14/2009

Lagos — FEARS are rife over the safety of a kidnapped Edinburgh oil worker. The man, who has been named as 27-year-old Alan Preston from Pilton, was kidnapped at gunpoint from Port Harcourt in Nigeria. A police guard was shot dead by heavily armed militia before he was snatched on Sunday.

04/13/2009

Secretary General of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, has said the Federal Government amnesty to militants could only be appreciated if it is all embracing and accommodates those currently detained or undergoing trial.

04/13/2009

THREE naval ratings were feared killed and four others abducted in a clash between the military and gunmen in the Nembe Creeks, Bayelsa State in the early hours of today. The gunmen also hijacked two gunboats of the military personnel and seized the hardwares.

04/11/2009

MOVEMENT for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a clandestine meeting with some of its commanders, yesterday, (Friday, April 10) and proposed lip-smacking incentive for them if they help the party in securing the 2011 gubernatorial elections in Niger-Delta region.

04/11/2009

Lagos — Except Mr. President, as a politician, wanted to score some political point at the PDP meeting by making the amnesty pronouncement the way he did, many commentators in the Niger Delta are askance whether the meeting of the PDP NEC was the right forum to make such a statement.

04/11/2009

Although full list of those that will benefit from President Umaru Yar'Adua's planned amnesty to Niger Delta militants is yet to be made public, Saturday Vanguard can however reveal some names sent to the presidency for the proposed pardon.