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• Human right groups ask Shell to leave Nigeria

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  Two human right groups staged a peaceful protest rally yesterday in remembrance of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni people who were killed on November 10, 1995. The members of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum and the United Action for Democracy protested in front of the Shell headquarters in Marina, Lagos.
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• Why is the cost of gas soaring?

  
  Thy Glory O Nigeria..! — Authority: 117
  Adeola Aderounmu Slowly and steadily the price of gas has increased and surprisingly it is no longer part of the BIG news. I really don’t know why the price of gas has increased to a record high in Sweden. Gas is now sold for over 12 swedish crowns (12:37) the last time I checked. Few years ago there was a lot of ...
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• Ex-militants protest in Warri – Demand jobs – Tribune

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  Operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Warri, was, on Monday, disrupted for many hours by ex-militants, who were demanding for employment and other human development programmes.Hundreds of the placard-carrying former militants, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Welfare Committee (NDWC), stormed the office of the ...
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• Nigeria: Amnesty not enough to solve the Niger Delta Crisis

  
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  We, the Ogoni Students in diaspora under the auspices of the National Union of Ogoni Students, USA, today 11/10/2009 commemorate with the rest of the world the judicial murder of 9 Ogoni leaders (Ken Saro Wiwa, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuinen, Saturday Doobee, Nordu Eawo, Paul Levura, Felix Nuateh, Baribo Beera, and ...
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• Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group had accordingly written to the United Nations (UN) ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Congo Watch — Authority: 110
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
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  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
  Niger Watch — Authority: 103
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• FOCA: China, Africa hold summit to reinforce bilateral trade

  
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  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao can expect a warm welcome from Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and finance and foreign ministers from 50 countries when the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCA) starts in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday. Ever-eager for raw materials and markets to sell its products, ...
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• Nigeria Rebels Threaten to End Ceasefire

  
  shapeshift.net — Authority: 127
  Nigerias main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land. (3:58 min)
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• Shell helps retrain former oil militants in Nigeria

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  YENEGOA, Nigeria, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Monday began helping retrain former oil militants in Nigeria responsible for years of attacks on its pipelines, part of efforts to ensure an amnesty programme brings lasting peace.
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• ‘Niger Delta militants ’ll take up arms again’ – Daily Trust

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  Nigeria’s main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is threatening to call off its ceasefire with the government if foreign oil companies do not leave their land.Henry Okah, the group’s leader, told Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege that the government has not stuck to its part of ...
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• Nigeria’s Uncertain Peace Dividend

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  Who will reap the peace dividend if the cease-fire in the Niger delta, now a week old, holds? Surprisingly, it might not be international oil companies (IOCs) like Royal Dutch Shell that operate large fields in Nigeria.
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• Shell says would fight Chinese grab in Nigeria

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) will fight any possible efforts by the Nigerian government to hand control of its Nigerian fields to Chinese oil companies, the Anglo-Dutch oil majors chief financial officer said on Thursday.
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• Govt okays N179.13b for projects in N’Delta, others – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  As part of the post amnesty programme, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N179.13 billion for the execution of 44 projects in nine states in the Niger Delta region.And contrary to a recent report that the United Nations (UN) will not be part of the amnesty deal for Niger Delta militants, the United ...
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• Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Announces an Indefinite Ceasefire in the Niger Delta Region

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  One of the biggest militant groups in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Niger Delta region. MEND said in an online statement to journalists signed by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, on Sunday that “There is a time ...
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• MEND declares indefinite ceasefire – The Nation

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  A milestone was reached yesterday in the desperate battle for peace in the Niger Delta. The main armed group, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), declared an indefinite ceasefire.The news came even as Defence Minister Maj.-Gen. Godwin Abbe announced that 15,000 militants surrendered their arms ...
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• Polluted by oil

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  In the Niger Delta, a region of Nigeria the size of England where much of the countrys oil reserves lie, Maass is paddled through a network of rivers to impoverished towns that lie alongside big Royal Dutch Shell installations. The flaring of natural gas lights the sky and spreads noxious fumes. The towns share ...
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• Nigerian rebels reinstate ceasefire in Niger Delta

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  Royal Dutch Shell resumed operations at its Soku gas plant last week, nearly a year after it was forced to shut down because of attacks on its pipelines.
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