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[NIGERIA] 2015 POLLS: Arrest Tompolo, Dokubo, Others Now - Former Defence Minister Danjuma

Former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Ret), has called for the arrest of Asari Dokubo, High Chief Government Ekpemupol...

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NIGERIA: Dokubo, Tompolo, Boyloaf Threaten War If Jonathan Is Not Re-elected

Former Niger Delta militants have threatened that Nigeria will not know peace if its people failed to elect President Goodluck Jonathan in t...

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Henry Okah Wanted Jonathan Dead Since 2007 -Ex-Nigerian Militant Asari Dokubo

Leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Ahajli Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has said that the assassination plot against President Goodlu...

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NIGERIA: Ex- Militant Tompolo Purchased War Ships On Behalf Of NIMASA —DG

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, has said that the five war shi...

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NIGERIA: Ex-Militant Tompolo's Warships Causes Unease Between Niger Delta Groups

The Warri study group has demanded the cancelation of the contract awarded to Global West Vessel Service to secure Nigerian coastline citing...

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Ex- Nigerian Militant, Tompolo, Buys Six Warships

A former Niger Delta militant, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alia Tompolo, has bought seven decommissioned Norwegian battleships, Saturday PUNC...

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Oil Block Divestment: Shell, Others To Leave Nigeria?

There are strong indications that the wave of planned sales of onshore Nigerian assets by major oil companies indicate that they are finally...

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Shell Shuts Down Nigeria Pipeline Again, Another 150,000 Bpd Deferred

Shell Nigeria said on Wednesday it had shut down its Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) owing to reports of leaks, deferring 150,000 barrels per day...

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18 Found Dead After Nigeria River Boat Accident

Eighteen people died when a boat carrying some 70 passengers capsized on the Niger River in central Nigeria, an official said Sunday, a week...

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Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Kidnapped In Niger Delta Released

Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, the country's second most senior Anglican cleric, has been released by the armed men who kidnapped ...

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Nigerian Navy Arrests Suspected Oil Thieves In Bayelsa, Impound Vessel

The Nigerian Navy on Sunday in Yenagoa announced that it has impounded an oil vessel with a 10-member crew, including a Cameroonian national...

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Ex-Nigerian Militant Asari Dokubo Blasts Obasanjo For Failing To Support President's 2015 Ambition

Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, on Politics Today hinted that the former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been a clog in the ...

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7 Sea Pirates Killed In A Gun Duel With Nigerian Navy

Seven sea pirates have been killed in a shootout involving officers of the Nigerian Navy NNS Victory Command at the Oron Pilate Island in Ca...

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Nigerian Government Prepares To Prosecute 500 Detained Oil Thieves

Nigeria's government is preparing to prosecute 500 people it has detained on allegations of stealing oil, officials said on Thursday in ...

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Nigeria - Ex-Militant, 17 Others Declared Wanted Over Killing of 11 Policemen

Following the killing of 11 policemen by suspected militants in an unprovoked action in Bayelsa State last April, the police have finally de...

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Oil Thefts In The Niger Delta Threaten Nigeria's Economy, Environment

The first drops of crude float in the languid muddy currents of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, then slowly grow into the splatter of...

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10,000 Ex-Militants Exit Amnesty Program, Return To Niger Delta Creeks

Fresh tension is rising in the Niger Delta following the Federal Government’s failure to provide jobs for about 10,000 former militants so f...

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Nigeria Drops Charges Against Russian Sailors Suspected Of Smuggling Arms For Militants

Nigerian authorities dropped charges on Tuesday against eight Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another ...

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Nigeria Military Arrest Militant Jackson Fabouwei Behind April Attack That Killed 11 Policemen

Nigeria's military on Friday said they had arrested the "mastermind" of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised fe...

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Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker Off Nigerian Coast

Security officials say pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria, abducting an unknown number of foreign sailors. Offi...

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