Article: Nigeria militants step up oil attacks.(Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta)(WORLD)

Article: Nigerian president to summon Niger Delta governors over master plan
Xinhua News Agency;  June 22, 2007 ;     414 words ......development in the Niger Delta region, Nigerian President Umaru Yar 'adua has said that he...governors of the nine Niger Delta states to the State...proliferation. Yar'adua reiterated his...adding that the Niger Delta summit would be...this reason that ...

Article: Nigeria keeps amnesty open to Niger Delta militants
Xinhua News Agency;  May 23, 2009 ;     301 words ...Nigeria keeps amnesty open to Niger Delta militants LAGOS, May 23...Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has pledged the Nigerian...open to militants in the Niger Delta if they lay down their arms...Francois Fillon on Friday, Yar'Adua said the Federal Ministry...channel ...

Article: Roundup: Peace still elusive in Niger Delta as militants leader declared wanted
Xinhua News Agency;  May 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ......JTF) on the Niger Delta conflict has said...President Umaru Yar'Adua had ordered a...to the oil-rich Niger Delta region hang in...President Umaru Yar'Adua on Friday maintained...militants in the Niger Delta who lay down their...Master Plan for the ...

Article: Nigerian militants reject Ekaette as Niger Delta minister
Xinhua News Agency;  December 26, 2008 ;     219 words ......reject Ekaette as Niger Delta minister LAGOS, Dec...tenure as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, local media...somewhere within the Yar'adua administration, something...created Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs by Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, served as ...

Article: A nation in waiting; Nigeria.(Nigeria's new president)(Umaru Yar'Adua)
The Economist (US);  October 20, 2007 ;     644 words ......new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, has been enjoying...years or more, Mr Yar'Adua at least looks and...promises and gestures. Mr Yar'Adua has announced several...rising violence in the Niger Delta region and elsewhere...soon run out. In the Niger Delta, the ...

Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES 'CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT' IN NIGER DELTA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 1, 2008 ;     458 words ......the oil-rich Niger Delta is the best for the country. Yar'Adua also assured...execution of the Niger Delta Development...said President Yar'Adua. "We are confident...presents." Mr. Yar'Adua has failed to pacify the Niger Delta where attacks...

Article: Nigeria's state oil firm to support army against vandalism, violence in Niger Delta
Xinhua News Agency;  November 8, 2007 ;     182 words ......vandalism, violence in Niger Delta ABUJA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua...criminal activities in the Niger Delta region, said the company...Director of NNPC, Abubakar Yar'Adua, madethe pledge when...pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta since it is affecting the nation's economy," ...

Article: VOA NEWS: NEW HOSTAGES TAKEN IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 2, 2007 ;     544 words ......election of Omaru Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan...secretary of the Niger Delta People's Salvation...election of Omaru Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan...Olise said the Niger Delta People's Salvation...struggle of the Niger Delta, and it's a ...

Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S PLEDGE TO INCREASE NIGER DELTA SPENDING ELICITS SKEPTICAL RESPONSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 11, 2007 ;     348 words ......spending on the volatile Niger Delta in 2008, in a bid to...unimpressed. President Musa Yar'Adua has allotted 20 percent...for security in the Niger Delta and projects to ease...lta's problems. President Yar'Adua, who was installed in...suggest must hold in the ...

Article: Yearender: Yar'Adua's policy thrust aims to uplift Nigeria
Xinhua News Agency;  December 20, 2007 ;     660 words ...Yearender: Yar'Adua's policy thrust aims...President Umaru Yar'Adua appears set to uplift...electricitygeneration, Niger Delta crisis and way out...geria's economic growth. Yar'Adua has declared the...assumed office in May, Yar'Adua has left no one in...urged ...

Article: Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria
Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost all have...armed groups have since mushroomed in the Niger Delta and have taken advantage of the breakdown...and bunkering on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta have cut Nigeria's output by around ...

Article: Niger delta kidnappings leader on arms charges
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  September 24, 2007 ;     347 words ......for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), is being detained in...government of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Okah's wife, Azuka, said she...a ceasefire since President Yar'Adua took office in May to...neglect and oppression in the Niger Delta, a remote wetlands region ...

Article: VOA NEWS: RESIDENTS IN NIGERIA'S RESTIVE NIGER DELTA HAIL PRESIDENT'S DECISION ABOUT SHELL OIL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2008 ;     622 words ......Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua to replace oil giant Shell...from operating in the Niger Delta. This comes after MOSOP...irreparably damaged. President Yar'Adua reportedly said a new...in the oil-and gas-rich Niger Delta. Lidum Mitte is the president...Nigeria that ...

Article: Indian workers flee Niger Delta after abductions
The Hindustan Times;  June 11, 2007 ;     370 words ......workers including Indians are fleeing the Niger Delta in Nigerial because of unending abductions...Natty, said about 3,000 people of the Niger Delta employed by the company might also lose...government backing to provide security. Niger Delta militants abducted 11 Indians - ...