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The Daily Newsletter Updates
Monday 8th February 2010
Posted on Feb 8, 2010
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More Daily Updates
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Posted on Feb 3, 2010
Oil field actions actioned
Militants threaten return to old ways
Ceasefire: MEND call it quits
Leaner meaner MEND
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Monday 25th January 2010
Posted on Jan 25, 2010
Crisis in Jos
In Brief: Curfew relaxed
In Brief: Death toll
In Brief: Thousands displaced
In Brief: VP assures safety
Tensions...
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GULF OF GUINEA 23rd – 29th JANUARY 2010 WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Posted on Jan 23, 2010
Nigeria
All times UTC unless otherwise stated
No1. 18th November – at 2330 hrs LT, the supply vessel Adama 6, operated by Century...
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GULF OF GUINEA 16th – 22nd JANUARY 2010 WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Posted on Jan 17, 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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Thursday 14th January 2010
Posted on Jan 15, 2010
Police plan hostage rescue
VP in power while President is away
Senate denies issuing ultimatum to the US
Air marshals for US flights Read...
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More Cheat Sheets
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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Cheat Sheet week 50
Posted on Dec 13, 2009
Monday 7 December 2009
A country in waiting: President Yar’Adua’s long absence from office due to illness has caused national anxiety and practically...
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Cheat Sheet week 48 & 49
Posted on Dec 12, 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Expat escapes kidnappers: An Serbian national, Dragan Stepanović, employee of the Energoprojekt was kidnapped in daylight hours...
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Cheat Sheet Week 47 2009
Posted on Nov 21, 2009
Monday 16 November 2009
FG meet MEND team: MEND, in a statement, confirmed on Sunday that the first formal talks between the Federal Government and its...
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