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  • Shooting heightens tensions in Nigerian oil delta 17 Nov 2009 14:00 GMT
    ... community in Rivers state in search of weapons and targeted the home of one of ... denied. "The JTF is not building up arms in the Niger Delta; there is no such ... our troop level. We are not at war," he said. "The JTF has not been ...

  • Count Army out of politics, says Danbazau 23 Nov 2009 21:56 GMT
    ... The Nigerian Army (NA), Monday stated in Lagos, that ... bar and Bench participated actively. Officers and soldiers he added, had been undergoing training and ... describing the occasional disagreements between the two arms of government as a normal and acceptable ...

  • Mend accuses Nigerian army 17 Nov 2009 19:53 GMT
    ... the Kula community...ostensibly to search for hidden weapons," the group said in a statement. No arms were found, it said, describing the attack ... oil-rich Niger Delta, government officials said. The army authorities were not immediately available for comment. ...

  • Is it possible to restructure Nigeria ? 19 Nov 2009 23:56 GMT
    ... By Dayo Benson, Political Editor & James Ezema With ... Republic of Nigeria.” In practice, all the arms of government and the majority of our elite ... the armed forces of Nigeria in a war — questioning their relationship with Nigeria in ...

  • European Union gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace' 21 Nov 2009 11:33 GMT
    ... thousands of militants have given up their weapons in an amnesty deal offered by the ... Harare, 11/21- Zimbabwe say it is pulling soldiers out of a diamond field in the ... evident at these fields, there are no army officers or police details," he said. Ethiopia ...

  • Nigeria's oil war truce 'in danger' 18 Nov 2009 23:11 GMT
    ... (UPI) -- A cease-fire in Nigeria's oil war appeared to be under threat Wednesday after army soldiers destroyed the home of one of their ... in which thousands of fighters surrendered their weapons. But MEND warned after Tuesday's raid on ...

  • Nigeria buys helicopters for oil missions 25 Nov 2009 23:18 GMT
    ... Abuja - Nigeria has agreed to purchase five used ... the areas of air support for Nigerian troops in peacekeeping operations as well as air ... denied the security forces were building up arms or increasing troop numbers, saying they were ...

  • Nigerian Army Says Insecurity in Niger Delta is Over 22 Nov 2009 00:54 GMT
    ... Nigerian Army Says Insecurity in Niger Delta is Over Gilbert ... | Abuja 21 November 2009 The Nigerian military says the oil-rich Niger Delta has returned ... More than 8,000 gunmen gave up their weapons and accepted the amnesty offer. Insecurity has ...

  • Nigerian militants militants attack boats, shut down oil platform 17 Nov 2009 13:33 GMT
    ... that we, who did not take up arms but kept within the ambit of the law ... electronics on board. They came with sophisticated weapons like modern guns, cutlasses and battle-axes," Captain ... crying out to members of the JTF (Military Joint Task Force) to come to our ...

  • Nigeria: Military attack on community threatens ceasefire 17 Nov 2009 15:40 GMT
    ... off its indefinite ceasefire, after alleging a military attack against the Kula community in Rivers ... MEND said that the alleged attack, by soldiers of the Nigerian military Joint Task Force ... was ostensibly aimed at searching for hidden weapons. It said the home of a former ...

  • Nigerian military denies MEND's attack claims 18 Nov 2009 14:39 GMT
    ... The Nigerian military Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the ... earlier in the day. MEND said the soldiers attacked and destroyed the home of one ... while they claimed to be searching for weapons. ''MEND will not tolerate the continued harassment ...

  • First hand account of organizing women in Nigeria 22 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... whole communities are disrupted violently by the military. In May, for example, the military invaded ... youth and men for whom politicians bought arms with money that’s circulating from the oil industry. ... men in the gangs to drop their weapons of violence and called on the government ...

  • Nigerian Militants Accuse Military of Threatening Cease-Fire 17 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
    ... of the Niger Delta (MEND) holds his weapons at the militia's creek camp in the ... the Niger Delta (file photo) Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta say a military raid on the home of a former ...

  • This day in history 18 Nov 2009 17:39 GMT
    ... successful sound-synchronised cartoon, Steamboat Willie. 1941: British troops launch attack in West African desert in World War II. 1966: US Roman Catholic bishops do away ... systematic genocide, torture and use of chemical weapons by Soviet and allied troops in Afghanistan. ...

  • At least 400 pipelines vandalized in Niger Delta: official 23 Nov 2009 11:12 GMT
    ... than 400 pipelines have been destroyed in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta region in the ... the area. The government mobilized the Nigerian army and coast guard in an anti-banditry operation. In ... region, urging them to lay down their weapons by Oct. 4 in a bid to ...


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