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In the past three years, Nigeria has recorded its highest cases of abduction in the Niger Delta region by the Militant Youths of the Nigeria Delta, though most of the abductions were on expatriates foreigners working in Nigeria which results to so many...
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Hey, people guess what?
It’s yet another red letter day in West Bengal, and the entire nation perhaps!
Its yet another joyful, glorious BANDH!
A 24 hour...
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NATO foreign ministers strengthened their ties to Georgia and called for Russia to observe a ceasefire
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Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region have sabotaged two pipelines belonging to the Dutch oil company, Royal Dutch Shell.
The militant Movement for the...
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Under cover of night dozens of barges queue up to dock at a jetty in a creek somewhere in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta.Their holds are filled with stolen oil...
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The Niger delta in southern Nigeria has become a hotbed of militants and numerous gangs. Now this area has most of the country’s oil deposit. This oil has made it...
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Oil prices slashed below $62 a barrel, despite a rally fired by rebels on Nigeria’s oil industry that halts up to 150,000 barrels per day of exports.
Rebels blew...
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The Niger Delta holds some of the world’s richest oil deposits, yet Nigerians living there are poorer than ever, violence is rampant, and the land and water are...
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