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This Day (Lagos)Abuja - Five days to the expiration of the amnesty offer to militants in the Niger Delta region to lay down their arms and embrace peace, the Federal Government yesterday read the riot act to unrepentant militants.
The government said it would deal "ruthlessly" with militants who fail to take advantage of the amnesty offer at the end of the deadline.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - With five days to the end of the October 4, 2009 deadline of the amnesty offered by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has named four people including former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as its negotiators.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has refused to comment on reports that it was negotiating lucrative oil blocks with the Federal Government.
This came shortly after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) warned Chinese firms not to invest in the oil-rich region until a permanent peace deal has been achieved.
Daily Trust (Abuja)With about a week to go before the Federal Government's amnesty offer for Niger Delta militants expires, the rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said yesterday that Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka would lead three other eminent Nigerians on its behalf to dialogue with the Federal Government on its amnesty programme. But Defence Minister General Godwin Abbe swiftly rejected MEND's moves, saying the Federal Government would not adjust its October 4 amnesty deadline and would not enter into any new negotiations.
Vanguard (Lagos)Yenagoa - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday dismissed the Federal Government's amnesty as lacking integrity, even as it nominated a team of mediators to negotiate with government over the disarmament programme.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcourt - More than 200 militants yesterday at Okehi rehabilitation camp in Rivers State protested the non payment of their monthly allowances by the management of the Social Development Institute (SDI) funded by the Rivers State Government.
Vanguard (Lagos)The resolution of the Niger Delta question is prominently etched as one of the seven-point agenda of the Umaru Yar'Adua administration. However, crystallizing a solution to the Niger Delta question remains a myriad like other notable elements of the seven-point agenda such as power, wealth creation and security.
Abuja - Five days to the expiration of the amnesty offer to militants in the Niger Delta region to lay down their arms and embrace peace, the Federal Government yesterday read the riot act to unrepentant militants.
The government said it would deal "ruthlessly" with militants who fail to take advantage of the amnesty offer at the end of the deadline.
Port Harcourt - With five days to the end of the October 4, 2009 deadline of the amnesty offered by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has named four people including former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as its negotiators.
Lagos - China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has refused to comment on reports that it was negotiating lucrative oil blocks with the Federal Government.
This came shortly after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) warned Chinese firms not to invest in the oil-rich region until a permanent peace deal has been achieved.