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05/31/2009

Delta, said, yesterday, it had uncovered a planned cover up campaign by the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, to link commanders of the security outfit to the ownership of different foreign bank accounts and houses abroad acquired through oil bunkering.

05/31/2009

Lagos — Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said at the weekend it would consider the federal government's offer of amnesty only if the movement's leader, Mr. Henry Okah, was released from detention.

05/30/2009

Port Harcourt — For the second time in less than three months, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it would not accept the offer of amnesty offered by President Umaru Yar'Adua as it failed to define the terms of the offer.

05/30/2009

Warri — COMMANDER of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, Major-General Sarkin Yarkin-Bello said all was quiet in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, but the task force has intensified intelligence gathering for the 18 missing-in-action (MIA) soldiers and the militants responsible for their disappearance.

05/29/2009

Abuja — House of Representatives yesterday accused the Presidency of misleading the nation over implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act and constraints of shortfalls in oil and non-oil revenue accruing to the Federation Account.

05/28/2009

Lagos — Crude oil prices hit a six-month high above $63 a barrel yesterday ahead of today's meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). This is coming as top producer Saudi Arabia said the global economy had strengthened enough to cope with oil at $75 to $80 a barrel.

05/28/2009

Dakar — Thousands of people are displaced in the Niger Delta region after the military stormed the area in pursuit of militants it said had attacked government troops. The move comes two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua said he would consider amnesty for some militants. Yar'Adua and his predecessors have battled for years with the local groups - perpetrators of regular violent attacks and kidnappings - who say they are fighting for the people's rights in the oil-rich region.

05/28/2009

Dakar — The Nigeria Red Cross says conflict-hit areas it has been able to access in the Niger Delta are in better condition than anticipated, but that continued restrictions on aid workers' movement leaves many questions unanswered.

05/27/2009

Daily Independent (Lagos) Abuja — Police authorities are meeting in Abuja today to fashion out ways of curbing possible terrorist attacks on Nigeria, the rumour of which, has been rife in Abuja in the last few days.

05/27/2009

Daily Independent (Lagos) Joint Task Force (JTF) Media Co-ordinator, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, disclosed on Tuesday that one of the bases militant leader Tompolo used as a second Observation Camp in Warri has been destroyed.