The Weekly Cheat Sheet Archive
Your quick guide to highlighted headlines from the earlier editions. All editions are ‘back linked’ to our Chief’s Briefs Archives – making it easy to find missed stories and articles of interest. Chief’s Briefs Cheat Sheet - read it online or download and print.
Cheat Sheet Week 7 2010
Monday 15 February 2010
Jonathan’s installation is now backed by law: Goodluck Jonathan had is elevation due to a letter that was sent by the National Assembly to the Secretary to the Government of the...
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Cheat Sheet Week 1 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 health of its President continues.
NGO seeks UN...
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Cheat Sheet Week 2 2010
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Four kidnapped in Port Harcourt: Three British nationals and one Columbian, employed by Netco Dietsmann, were taken hostage today approx. 07.00 hrs at the Imo River Bridge, PHC...
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Cheat Sheet Week 53
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 charged Saturday with trying to destroy an Amsterdam...
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Cheat Sheet week 52
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 in Abonemma, Rivers state at 02:00 hrs, December...
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Cheat Sheet week 51
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Panic on President’s health: Press reports state that President Yar’Adua’s health condition has deteriorated so badly that his wife has now postponed her planned trip back...
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Cheat Sheet week 50
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 paralysed the government.
Still no return date:...
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Cheat Sheet week 48 & 49
Monday 23 November 2009
Expat escapes kidnappers: An Serbian national, Dragan Stepanović, employee of the Energoprojekt was kidnapped in daylight hours on 16th November while working on a construction...
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Cheat Sheet Week 47 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 ‘Aaron Team’ had held in Abuja on Saturday.
Not...
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Cheat Sheet Week 46 2009
Monday 2 November 2009
Asari alleges assassination plot: Major militant kingpin and leader of the NDPV, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has alleged that the Federal Government has plans to kill him
Scores...
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Cheat Sheet Week 45 2009
Monday 2 November 2009
More maritime attacks: Two separate attacks on vessels off of Lagos have been reported over the weekend.
In Brief: Mykines: Six armed men in a speedboat boarded a chemical tanker,...
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Cheat Sheet week 43 & 44
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Maritime Brief: Chemical tanker boarded Lagos
Maritime Brief: Fishing vessel attacked at Calabar Junction
Maritime Brief: A round up
YRD and Okah meet: Earlier this week,...
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Cheat Sheet Week 41 2009
Monday 5 October 2009
A post amnesty post mortem: One topic today as the amnesty finally ended at midnight Sunday night.
In Brief: Dagogo disarms/ Ateke’s arms and ammunition/ Tompolo surrenders/ ...
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Cheat Sheet Week 40 2009
Monday 28 September 2009
All about the amnesty: In Brief: Tompolo/Boyloaf/MEND/Henry Okah/Bakassi Freedom Fighters/The Federal Government
What it all means: In Brief: The impact on earnings/Paying...
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Cheat Sheet Week 39 2009
Monday 21 September 2009
Yar’Adua and déjà vu: President Yar’Adua will not attend the UN annual General Assembly and the Climate Change summits starting Tuesday in New York like in September.
Leaving...
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Cheat Sheet Week 38 2009
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Expats abducted in Aba: Reports indicated that two foreign nationals employed by Dana Company were abducted on Friday 11th September in Aba, the Abia State capital.
No amnesty...
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Cheat Sheet Week 37 2009
Monday 7 September 2009
Already… Amnesty rebels threaten u-turn: ‘Repentant’ militants in Bayelsa State took to the streets on Friday to protest their alleged ‘neglect’ by the state government...
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Cheat Sheet Week 36 2009
Monday 31 August 2009
In Brief: JTF will re-launch campaign
In Brief: Jomo speaks on militant surrender
In Brief: Source of arms to be probed
In Brief: Red letter days
How could the amnesty work?:...
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Cheat Sheet Week 35 2009
Monday 24 August 2009
Top bankers declared wanted: The EFCC declared the sacked managing director of Intercontinental Bank plc Mr. Erastus Akingbola and his counterpart at Oceanic Bank plc Mrs. Cecilia...
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Cheat Sheet Week 34 2009
Monday 17 August 2009
Police raid Islamic sect – arrest thousands: Police raided the Darul Islam compound, Mokwa, Niger State on Saturday, detaining around 600 members.
Boko Haram announce Jihad:...
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Cheat Sheet Week 33 2009
Monday 10 August 2009
Kitikata killed: A leading militant in the Niger Delta, Woki Godswill Ibaralanyou, AKA Kitikata, died after a shoot out with military near Obioku in the Nembe area of Bayelsa Thursday...
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Cheat Sheet Week 32 2009
Monday 3 August 2009
Death toll tops 1,000: Authorities in northern Borno state put the death toll in Maiduguri at 700. The total death toll of the violence which started in Bauchi spreading to Borno,...
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Cheat Sheet Week 31 2009
Monday 27 July 2009
Religious clashes in Bauchi: Sunday around 70 militants attacked a local police station in Bauchi in retaliation for the arrest of their leaders. Police and soldiers repelled the attack...
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Cheat Sheet Week 30
Monday 20 July 2009
Amnesty funding: Fact or 419?: FG announced some financial details of the amnesty package, but who will profit from the proposed fundings.
Making money from MEND: Fears are rising that...
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Cheat Sheet Week 29 2009
Monday 13 July 2009
MEND claim first attack in Lagos: On Sunday MEND in a statement claimed an attack on the Atlas Cove Jetty, Lagos. Monday authorities confirmed the attack.
Related: MEND claim attack...
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Cheat Sheet Week 28 2009
Monday 6 July 2009
MEND attack Chevron – again: MEND in a statement claimed to have attacked Chevron’s Okan manifold, Delta State on 05.07.09. Chevron said to be investigating the claim.
MEND...
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Cheat Sheet Week 27 2009
Monday 29 June 2009
Shell facilities in Forcados on fire: OOL sources on Monday morning reported that two Shell wellheads were on fire in the Forcados Estuary. MEND claimed responsibility...
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Cheat Sheet Week 26 2009
Monday 22 June 2009
MEND claim 3 attacks on Shell: MEND said on Sunday it had attacked Shell pipelines in Adamakiri and Kulu, Rivers State followed by a claim to have attacked the offshore Shell Afremo...
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Cheat Sheet Week 25 2009
Monday 15 June 2009
British hostage freed – finally!: Matthew Maguire, kidnapped on 9 september 2008 from the HD Blue Ocean was finally freed on 12 June 2009.
Ransom request for Filipinos taken off...
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Cheat Sheet Week 24 2009
Monday 8 June 2009
MEND again warn foreign workers to leave: MEND in a statement again warned foreign oil employees to leave the region or face “Hurricane Piper Alpha”.
HRW slam YRD, corruption...
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