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This Day (Lagos)Abuja, Port Harcourt - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any pressure being mounted on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign on the account of the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Vanguard (Lagos)For some years now, the Niger Delta has been literally turned to a war zone as militants held the nation to ransom.
From their various camps in the Niger Delta creeks, the militants who were armed to the teeth, destroyed vital oil installations and kidnapped expatriate oil worker, most of who have had to flee the country while many oil companies shot down operations in the area.
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For some years now, the Niger Delta has been literally turned to a war zone as militants held the nation to ransom.
From their various camps in the Niger Delta creeks, the militants who were armed to the teeth, destroyed vital oil installations and kidnapped expatriate oil worker, most of who have had to flee the country while many oil companies shot down operations in the area.
Abuja, Port Harcourt - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any pressure being mounted on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign on the account of the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Abuja, Port Harcourt - Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not aware of any pressure being mounted on Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to resign on the account of the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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For the first time in years, Nigeria's Niger Delta seems to be looking up.
Large numbers of the region's insurgents who had been sabotaging petroleum production and fighting government forces in a campaign for a greater share of oil revenues, have accepted President Umaru Yar'Adua's offer of amnesty.
Vanguard (Lagos)Warri - NIGER-DELTA activist and Itsekiri youth leader, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, has advised that the Itsekiri and other ethnic nationalities in the Niger-Delta should not be ignored by the Federal Government in the on-going discussions with stakeholders, including ex-militant leaders on the post- amnesty programme and the peace process generally in the region.
Warri - NIGER-DELTA activist and Itsekiri youth leader, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, has advised that the Itsekiri and other ethnic nationalities in the Niger-Delta should not be ignored by the Federal Government in the on-going discussions with stakeholders, including ex-militant leaders on the post- amnesty programme and the peace process generally in the region.
Vanguard (Lagos)
Militants in the Niger Delta, before the recent ceasefire. (Photo Courtesy Vanguard)
Nigeria has become the black sheep of the world oil producing community for her lack of accountability and unproductive use of the oil revenue. Among the OPEC countries, Nigeria is the least enterprising in the management of oil revenue. In Africa, Libya, Angola and Sudan have utilised their oil revenue better than Nigeria.