Article: Nigerian troops kill 15 in troubled oil-rich Niger Delta

Article: Militants attack Nigerian troops in Niger ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  January 29, 2007 ;     425 words ... ... forces and torched police headquarters in Port Harcourt in the oil-producing Niger Delta to free one of their leaders. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said fighters attacked troops and police, who fought back with helicopter ...

Article: Nigerian military to remain in Niger Delta: ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2009 ;     342 words ... ... Nigerian military to remain in Niger Delta: official LAGOS, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian troops operating in the troubled Niger Delta region, the Joint Military ... oil installations in the Niger Delta and that instructions to ...

Article: Troops exchange fire with Niger Delta militants, ...
AP Worldstream;  January 16, 2004 ;     474 words ... ... 16-2004 Dateline: LAGOS, Nigeria Nigerian troops exchanged fire with armed ethnic militants ... the West African nation's oil-rich Niger Delta, leaving at least one militant dead ... townspeople fled the violence. The Niger Delta is the scene of frequent clashes as ...

Article: Shell shuts pipeline facilities in wake of Niger ...
AP Worldstream;  March 17, 2003 ;     598 words ... ... facilities in the volatile Niger Delta after three police ... ethnic militants and Nigerian troops, company officials ... Activists of the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities accused ... group in the oil-rich Niger Delta, have long accused ...

Article: NIGERIA: WHY THE TROUBLES IN THE NIGER DELTA
New African;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... inhabitants of the Niger Delta from where Nigeria ... installations in the oil rich Niger-Delta have not come as a ... on 4 February 2005, Nigerian troops, responsible for security ... development in the Niger Delta region. One demonstrator ...

Article: Niger Delta militants threaten to launch new 'oil ...
The Oil Daily;  November 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... hideouts in the southern Niger Delta. Mend said it had been ... state. Rebels from the Niger Delta Patriotic Force and the Niger Delta Vigilantes, which are loyal ... Borifish Hercules vessel. Nigerian troops have been on red alert ...

Article: Nigeria introduces new anti-violence strategy in troubled ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 29, 2004 ;     536 words ... ... crimes in the southern Niger delta, henceforth community ... the statement said. Nigerian troops also warned miscreants ... combatants." On Monday, Nigerian troops launched a new offensive ... barrels, all produced in Niger delta, where many live on ...