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The Daily Newsletter Updates
Monday 8th March 2010
Posted on Mar 8, 2010
More clashes in Jos Jos fighting: Factoids Group plans protest over leadership crisis Counting down the days of GLJ Read this report Read More →
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Friday 5th March 2010
Posted on Mar 5, 2010
Yar’Adua goes into extra time A clandestine return Choosing a candidate What’s next? Read this report Read More →
Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Posted on Mar 3, 2010
Flow station attacked
Cameraman escapes abductors
Army vows not to interfere in politics
Governors pledge support for GLJ
AC bans GLJ...
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Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Posted on Mar 2, 2010
South African kidnapped
Info minister speaks out on YRD liars
GLJ names good governance advisers
EU speaks on return of YRD
Pressure...
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GULF OF GUINEA 27th – 5th FEBRUARY – MARCH 2010 WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Posted on Feb 27, 2010
Nigeria
All times UTC unless otherwise stated
No1. 18th November – at 2330 hrs LT, the supply vessel Adama 6, operated by Century Coy,...
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Friday 26th February 2010
Posted on Feb 26, 2010
YRD: Still MIA
YRD: Officially hands over power to GLJ
GLJ: Still to see Turai
AC: Ask who is in charge?
More questions than answers
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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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