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The Daily Newsletter Updates


Wednesday 12th May 2010

Posted on May 12, 2010

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 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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