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  1. Nigeria's sect Boko Haram says killed 12 soldiers
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    Jonathan has said Boko Haram has infiltrated parts of government and security forces. Boko Haram's attacks in northern Nigeria have rapidly overtaken sabotage strikes on oil pipelines and kidnappings by militants hundreds of kilometres away in the... Full Article at Reuters Mobile

  2. Rumblings of renewed militancy continue in Bayelsa, Nigeria
    Christian Science Monitor logo Christian Science Monitor 5 hours ago

    The views expressed are the author's own. As mentioned in a post last week, Bayelsa, which lies in the Niger Delta, has faced not only political tension but also renewed violence. Some of this violence is electoral, some targets the oil industry, and... Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago
    Protesters march in the streets of Port Harcourt, the commercial hub of Niger Delta Rivers State on January 10, 2012. A mob torched an Islamic school in southern Nigeria Tuesday as the second day of a national strike over fuel prices locked down the...

    Protesters march in the streets of Port Harcourt, the commercial hub of Niger Delta Rivers State on January 10, 2012. A mob torched an Islamic school in southern Nigeria Tuesday as the second day of a national strike over fuel prices locked down the... View Photo »

  4. Ghana hasn't got a handle on the oil sector yet and it would be wise for the country to be careful not to hand out licenses to companies with the reputation of Shell. Indeed, as a recent United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown, Shell is responsible for oil pollution in the Niger Delta that...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  5. Peak oil review - Feb 13
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    9.8 million b/d in January, a level it is likely to maintain in the short term. (2/9, #7) Israel is reported to be seeking to deploy fighter aircraft in Cyprus to protect the energy resources. Turkey is seen as one of the main threats. (2/9, #9)... Full Article at Energy Bulletin

  6. Kulczyk Oil Ventures Inc.: Ukraine-Olgovskoye Converted to 20-Year Production License
    MarketWire logo MarketWire 11 hours ago

    In Nigeria, KOV has an option until 31 March 2012 to participate for a 9% net indirect interest in OML 42, an 814 km2 licence area in the Niger Delta with oil production and shut-in oil and gas producing capability. The main shareholder of the Company,... Full Article at MarketWire

  7. Nigeria: Boko Haram Should Disarm
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 11 hours ago

    Haram must have realised by now, as the Niger Delta militants did, that it cannot win against the overwhelming aspiration of Nigerians to live in peace. When they were tired of fighting, Niger Delta militants said they wanted US President Barak Obama,... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago
    Shell Bonga offshore oil vessel is seen off the coast of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Officials with Royal Dutch Shell PLC say they've contained the worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade. Shell officials said...

    Shell Bonga offshore oil vessel is seen off the coast of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Officials with Royal Dutch Shell PLC say they've contained the worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade. Shell officials said... View Photo »

  9. Shell's delayed clean up of the Niger Delta
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  10. Nigeria: A Contract Like No Other
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 13 hours ago

    Federal Government has neither commented on, nor denied, reports that it has given a sensitive concession to a private company that is linked to Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpumopolo, a.k.a. Tompolo. This company, Messrs Global West Vessel... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  11. We've Failed Niger Delta Youths - - Douglas
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 14 hours ago

    Nigeria, but to improve her lots, saying there was need for the different ethnic groups in the country to come to the round table to discuss the problems and seek solutions to the issues that are currently threatening her unity. Earlier, President,... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  12. New spill reported on Eni oil well in Nigeria
    Metro News Toronto logo Metro News Toronto 1 day ago

    A spokesman for the Rome-based oil company did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday. Foreign oil firms have pumped crude out of Nigeria's Niger Delta for more than 50 years. Despite the nation earning billions, those living in the... Full Article at Metro News Toronto

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  1. Protesters march in the streets of Port Harcourt, the commercial hub of Niger Delta Rivers State on January 10, 2012. A mob torched an Islamic school in southern Nigeria Tuesday as the second day of a national strike over fuel prices locked down the country, fanned religious tensions...
  2. Shell Bonga offshore oil vessel is seen off the coast of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Officials with Royal Dutch Shell PLC say they've contained the worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade. Shell officials said Monday that the Dec. 20 spill that saw...
  3. An unidentified shell worker is seen in the control room aboard the Shell Bonga offshore oil vessel, off the coast of Niger Delta in Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Officials with Royal Dutch Shell PLC say they've contained the worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade. ...
  4. Local Chiefs from the Niger Delta, attend the inauguration ceremony of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the main parade ground in Nigeria's capital of Abuja Sunday, May 29, 2011. Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Sunday for a full four-year term as president of Nigeria and is now...
  5. Residents of the Niger Delta village of Ayakoromo, who fled to the desperately poor village of Gbekebor in the Niger Delta swamps when fighting re-erupted recently between militants of the John Togo group and soldiers, wait on May 19, 2011 near the local town hall. The displaced...
  6. A resident of the Niger Delta village of Ayakoromo, who fled to the desperately poor village of Gbekebor in the Niger Delta swamps when fighting re-erupted recently between militants of the John Togo group and soldiers, cries for help on May 19, 2011. The displaced Ayakoromo residents...
  7. People read the newspapers' headlines following the Presidential election's results, announced by the Independent Electoral Commission, at a roadside in Asaba, Delta State, on April 19, 2011. Jonathan, the first President from the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, was declared...
  8. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan delivers a speech during his visit to his alma mater at the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State on May 15, 2010. Nigeria's new leader Goodluck Jonathan flew to the volatile Ogoniland on May 15 winding up a historic two-day tour of the...
  9. Former activist leader in Bonny Kingdom, Orinaemi Hart, speaks about suit against the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, a liquefied natural gas producing company, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on April 14, 2011. Nigeria's new president must address poverty, underdevelopment and injustice...

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  1. Ghana hasn't got a handle on the oil sector yet and it would be wise for the country to be careful not to hand out licenses to companies with the reputation of Shell. Indeed, as a recent United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown, Shell is responsible for oil pollution in the Niger Delta that...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago

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