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Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta Threatens Second Bomb Attack
The spokesman for the unrepentant militant group in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Jomo Gbomo, has threatened that the organization would bomb Abuja again to prove the innocence of those arrested in connection with...
Gunmen Free Kidnapped Foreign Workers in Abia State, South-eastern Nigeria
The Nigerian police have confirmed that four foreign workers abducted last week in Abia State in south-eastern Nigeria have been released by their abductors. According to a spokesperson of the Nigeria police in Port Harcourt in Rivers State on Monday,...
Nigeria’s Crude Production Expected to Hit 3m Barrels Per Day By 2010
The Nigerian government has said that the success of the amnesty granted to militant group members in the restive Niger Delta would make it possible for the production of three million barrels of crude oil per day from next year. The country’s Attorney-General...
Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region
Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group...
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Announces an Indefinite Ceasefire in the Niger Delta Region
One of the biggest militant groups in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Niger Delta region. MEND said in an online statement to journalists signed...
Delta State Communities Call for a Probe Into Environmental Impact Assessment Fund
Some of the oil producing communities in Delta State, south-eastern Nigeria, under the auspices of the Ndokwa Youth Congress (NYC) have called for a probe into how the $2 million Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) fund for host communities in the region...
