Archive for September, 2008


Monday 30th September 2008

 Authorities round up at least 300 after ‘oil war’ ceasefire  Calls for TV station to challenge suspension  86 wives seek man’s release  More than 50 Nigerians on death row ... Read More


Cheat Sheet Week 39 2008

Monday 22 September 2008 Sixth attack on Saturday: MEND on Saturday claimed it had destroyed a key pipeline run by Shell at Buguma Front in the Asari Toru region in a sixth attack. [drain file 6 show] MEND... Read More


Friday 26th September 2008

 Port Harcourt kidnapping continues  Military may launch fresh attacks on militant camps  Court to consider Yar’Adua election next month  Threat to halt energy firms’ LNG schemes ... Read More


Thursday 25th September 2008

 YRD still sick? Cabinet reshuffle stalled  Clark accuses JTF of oil bunkering  INC faults JTF fresh attacks  Police order banks to install CCTVs  Oil output around 2 million bpd –... Read More


Thursday 25th September 2008

 YRD still sick? Cabinet reshuffle stalled  Clark accuses JTF of oil bunkering  INC faults JTF fresh attacks  Police order banks to install CCTVs  Oil output around 2 million bpd –... Read More


Wednesday 24th September 2008

 MEND alleges air attacks  JTF declares Delta, Bayelsa safe for investors  Court will hear presidential vote dispute  Government inaugurates tentative nuclear accelerator  State run pipeline... Read More


Tuesday 23rd September 2008

 Army will pursue armed gangs in Niger Delta  Okah needs urgent health care says family  YRD won’t attend UN  FG sets new deadline for sale of Nitel  And then there’s this…   ...The... Read More


Monday 22nd September 2008

 MEND declares ceasefire  Sixth attack on Saturday  Soldiers accused of collaborating with militants  TV channel back on air  Nigeria carries out first-ever controlled demolition  Abducted... Read More


Friday 19th September

 MEND claim hit on another pipeline  MEND finally free South Africans  Defence chief visits Niger Delta  OOL Flashback   ...The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Please... Read More


Thursday 18th September 2008

 Nigeria loses 280,000 bpd to attacks over 5 days  New attacks on pipelines  SA hostages ‘not yet released’  ‘Rumour’ TV channel shut down  EU to aid in Trans Saharan pipeline ... Read More


Wednesday 17th September 2008

 Another flow station attacked  Shell confirms pipeline attack  Two South African hostages freed  Brit Hi Com confirm three Brits currently held  Journalists arrested over resignation rumour ... Read More


Tuesday 16th September 2008

 MEND say Shell Pipeline destroyed  Related: Shell reduces staff at Nigeria fields after attacks  Shell confirm fatality at Alaikiri  Briton kidnapped in Port Harcourt  MEND to free two... Read More


Monday 15th September 2008

 MEND declare war!  Attack on Shell infrastructure  Chevron confirms attack on platform  MEND claim hostages injured  Again, UK clarifies position on Niger Delta  And then there’s... Read More


Friday 12th September 2008

 Militants scoff at Niger Delta Ministry  Why I Created N’Delta Ministry -Yar’Adua  President urges crack down on ‘blood oil’  Britain sees limited role in fight in... Read More


Thursday 11th September 2008

 Five foreigners reported held on hijacked vessel  Yar’Adua creates Ministry of Niger Delta  Will YRD keep his job?  EU seeks to strengthen ties with Nigeria  Related: EU to invest... Read More


Wednesday 10th September

 Gunmen hijack vessel and crew  Maritime robberies  Youths seize oil facility  Rivers official: attempted abduction  American filmmaker deported  Nigeria has no nuclear deal with Iran ... Read More


Tuesday 9th September 2008

 Another panel seeks Niger Delta peace  Related: Mitee heads committee  President appears in public  Senior official sacked  State spending in the trillions  And then there’s this…   ...The... Read More


Wednesday 10th September 2008

 Gunmen hijack vessel and crew  Maritime robberies  Youths seize oil facility  Rivers official: attempted abduction  American filmmaker deported  Nigeria has no nuclear deal with Iran ... Read More


Monday 8th September 2008

 Sailor killed as militants seize vessel  2 French hostages released  President returns – finally!  MEND warns over VP Jonathan  Government sets up Niger Delta peace committee ... Read More


Friday 5th September 2008

 YRD – Unhealthy talk  Hijacked ship released  Niger Delta Summit: New chairman announced  Blackbox of recovered plane not found  Agbami oil exports delayed  Nigeria courts carbon-credit... Read More


Thursday 5th September 2008

 YRD – Unhealthy talk  Hijacked ship released  Niger Delta Summit: New chairman announced  Blackbox of recovered plane not found  Agbami oil exports delayed  Nigeria courts carbon-credit... Read More


Thursday 4th September 2008

 Gunmen kidnap toddler  Operation Dark September  Yar’Adua: Doctors Order More Tests  Trial in suit against Chevron delayed  Missing Plane: Human remains found  Nigeria signs energy... Read More


Wednesday 3rd September 2008

 Another filmmaker arrested in Port Harcourt for spying  Security Concerns or Cover Up?  More Media Arrests  Yar’Adua fails to return  Shell says some progress fixing pipeline ... Read More


Tuesday 2nd September 2008

 Militants to launch ‘Operation Dark September’  Was a ransom paid?  President says he’s ‘ok’  Military accuses journalists of being on militants’ pay roll  Militant... Read More


Tuesday 2nd September 2008

 Militants to launch ‘Operation Dark September’  Was a ransom paid?  President says he’s ‘ok’  Military accuses journalists of being on militants’ pay roll  Militant... Read More


Monday 1st September 2008

 Kidnapped Israeli released  President’s health still a mystery  Militants claim attack. Military deny  Police seize $630,000 in “Obama funds”  Man to divorce 82 wives ... Read More



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