Archive for March, 2009


Tuesday 31st March 2009

 Police rescue 2 Spanish hostages  Names in KBR bribery probe sought  Bunkering: JTF to go after retired Generals  JTF speak on IYC ceasefire  Ijaw group tell foreign nationals to quit ... Read More


Monday 30th March 2009

 Police free Lebanese hostage after shoot-out  Related: SSS arrest 40 ‘militants’ in Lagos  Niger Delta: JTF raises security alarm  Apex court reopens YRD election case  Drop in... Read More


Cheat Sheet Week 13 2009

Monday 23 March 2009 Government asks unions to stall strike: FG asked PENGASSAN and NUPENG to stall their planned 3-day strike over the insecurity in the Niger Delta. Ruling party and opposition in verbal... Read More


Friday 27th March 2009

 Nigeria rivals Somalia for ship attacks  Time to arm crews?  WHO: Meningitis death toll reaches 960  Stock Exchange suspends brokerage  Mass demolition looms in Lagos  Time running out... Read More


Thursday 26th March 2009

 Gunmen attack Police Commissioner’s convoy  SEC probes allegations against Dangote  Death toll in building collapse rises to 11  Politics behind scrapped Korea oil deal: lawyer  YRD’s... Read More


Wednesday 25th March 2009

 Unions postpone strike  Parties unite to form one single opposition  Meningitis Kills 78 in Kano  China to replace satellite for free  Four-storey building collapses in Lagos  Spending... Read More


Tuesday 24th March 2009

 Expat kidnapped in Lagos  Three from MV Seal Tide still held  Hostage Watch  Unions to announce strike decision  Maximum lending, deposit interest rates fixed   ...The rest of this article... Read More


Monday 23rd March 2009

 Government asks unions to stall strike  Ruling party and opposition in verbal war  Obasanjo’s volte face on probe readiness  Indian businessmen wanted over fraud  Military’s... Read More


Cheat Sheet Week 12 2009

Monday 16 March 2009 Filipinos, Ukrainian kidnapped offshore Bakassi : 30 gunmen in two speedboats attacked the oil supply vessel MV Sil Tide, operated by Tidewater, under contract to Pecten Cameroon,... Read More


Thursday 19th March 2009

 Military investigates alleged rape  Shell says investigation of pipeline damage report underway  US probes Shell over bribes  Gas Project: 15 firms shortlisted     ...The rest of this article... Read More


Wednesday 18th March 2009

 Nigeria rebranded  French court upholds ex-minister’s conviction  Militants ‘rape women’  CBN moves to ease exchange rate disparity  CBN to compensate clients of failed... Read More


Tuesday 17th March 2009

 Militants attempt attack on flow station  Chevron confirm pipeline attack  Brit hostage sends letter home  Judges say no to pay cut  Attempts to curb measles spread from Cameroon   ...The... Read More


Monday 16th March 2009

 Filipinos, Ukrainian kidnapped offshore Bakassi  Hostage Watch  Alleged Chevron pipeline attack  JTF declares MEND leader wanted  ...The rest of this article is available to premium members... Read More


Wednesday 18th March 2008

 Nigeria rebranded  French court upholds ex-minister’s conviction  Militants ‘rape women’  CBN moves to ease exchange rate disparity  CBN to compensate clients of failed... Read More


Friday 13th March 2009

 Election reform ‘U-turn’  Another tanker boarded off Lagos  Unions insists on salary increase  Experts suggest ways out of energy crisis  Naira weakens as FX demand rises   [pay]... Read More


Cheat Sheet Week 11 2009

Monday 9 March 2009 Public holiday Tuesday 10 March 2009 Plot to attack Chevron facility: Monday the military claimed to have uncovered a plot to attack Chevron’s Abiteye flow station and blow up... Read More


Thursday 12th March 2009

 Minimum wage is unrealistic – Govt  Gay activists speak out against legislation  CBN sets new rules on foreign exchange  BPE begins search for NITEL investors  Unicef: Meningitis... Read More


Tuesday11th March 2009

 Unions to strike over fuel subsidies  NLC gives ultimatum on minimum wage  YRD approves expansionary budget  Oil output down to 1.6 million bpd  NITEL to sack 1,500 workers?  And then... Read More


Cheat Sheet Week 10 2009

Monday 2 March 2009 MEND threaten to sabotage pipeline project: Following attempts of governors of the Niger Delta states to attract investors at the Chatam House Round Table in London, MEND in a statement... Read More


Friday 6th March 2009

 Protesting women seize platforms  Bayelsa community lays siege at Daewoo  Passengers rescued after gunmen hijack boat  US charges two Brits in bribery probe  And then there’s this…   ...The... Read More


Thursday 5th March 2009

 Expat hostage taken in Bayelsa  Ex-governor arrested over corruption  New team takes over power sector  PHCN workers uncover plans to divert power improvement fund  Meningitis kills 333:... Read More


Wednesday 4th March 2009

 Shell pipeline explodes  President sacks energy execs  Government to pay NiTel staff  March 9 – Public holiday   ...The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Please... Read More


Tuesday 3rd March 2009

 Unions issue fresh strike warning  Attempted abduction in Port Harcourt  Opposition parties rally against subsidy cut  Related: State refinery sale  Yar’Adua condemn assassination... Read More


Monday 2nd March 2009

 MEND threaten to sabotage pipeline project  Army raids militant camp  Tanker boarded near Lagos  FG removes petroleum products subsidy  Port Harcourt: more demolition to come     ...The... Read More



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