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The Daily Newsletter Updates
Wednesday 12th May 2010
Posted on May 12, 2010
MEND wait and watch GLJ Explosion hits NDDC in Delta Niger Delta revenue Force Majeure on Bonny Light Read this report Read More →
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GULF OF GUINEA 8TH – 14TH MAY 2010 WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Posted on May 10, 2010
GULF OF GUINEA
All times UTC unless otherwise stated
No1. 27th March – At 0055 UTC, two robbers boarded a crane ship at anchor from...
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Thursday 6th May 2010
Posted on May 6, 2010
Yar’Adua: The death of a lacklustre leader
Jonathan: The swearing in of a southerner
Abuja: Divided by a common goal
Fat Lady: When...
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Wednesday 5th May 2010
Posted on May 5, 2010
North will retain Presidency?
Bayelsa and bombs
Political triggers
In Brief: Shell says it lost 14,000 tons of oil in 2009
In Brief:...
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Tuesday May 4th 2010
Posted on May 4, 2010
Car explodes in Yenagoa
Militants’ claims of attack confirmed
Elections likely to be fast tracked
PDP Chairman facing fraud charges
Another...
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Monday 26th April 2010
Posted on Apr 26, 2010
Expat injured, driver killed, in abduction attempt
Kidnapped Germans finally freed
Amnesty – sick, wounded or being robbed blind?
Executions...
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More Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheet Week 1 2010
Posted on Jan 10, 2010
Monday 4 January 2010
Problems as President still MIA: Nigeria has started the new year in the grip of a constitutional crisis as the mystery over the...
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Cheat Sheet Week 2 2010
Posted on Jan 10, 2010
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Four kidnapped in Port Harcourt: Three British nationals and one Columbian, employed by Netco Dietsmann, were taken hostage today...
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Cheat Sheet Week 53
Posted on Jan 2, 2010
Monday 28 December 2009
Botched US plane bombing
What happened: A 23-year-old Nigerian man, Abdul Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who claimed ties to al-Qaeda was...
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Cheat Sheet week 52
Posted on Dec 27, 2009
Monday 21 December 2009
MEND claim another attack: MEND in a statement claimed to have carried out a warning attack on the Shell/Chevron crude pipeline...
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Cheat Sheet week 51
Posted on Dec 20, 2009
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Panic on President’s health: Press reports state that President Yar’Adua’s health condition has deteriorated so badly that...
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