VOA NEWS: NIGERIA REVIVES NIGER DELTA PEACE CAMPAIGN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 8, 2008 ;     385 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa A 40-person technical committee...crisis in the oil-rich Niger Delta. But the main rebel group...plan. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa has more in this report...on ways to develop the Niger Delta and to advise government...the Emancipation ...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIA LAUNCHES NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR NIGER DELTA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 27, 2007 ;     537 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a Niger Delta development plan in an...oil-rich country. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the...of human misery in the Niger Delta, which has an estimated...Nigeria's oil. ...

VOA NEWS: COMMUNITY LEADER DEMANDS SPEEDY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 26, 2008 ;     377 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa A prominent leader in the restive Niger Delta says the Nigerian government...its oil industry. Gilbert da Costa has more in this report...President Umaru YarAdua made the Niger Delta, with its huge oil and gas...way forward." Across ...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN LAWMAKER SAYS POOR FUNDING HAMPERING NIGER DELTA...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 23, 2006 ;     464 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian military...violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a remote region of mangrove...attempt earlier this year. Da Costa report - Download 280k...23nov06.rm Listen to da Costa report:http://www.voanews...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S PLEDGE TO INCREASE NIGER DELTA SPENDING ELICITS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 11, 2007 ;     348 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian government...spending on the volatile Niger Delta in 2008, in a bid to stem...region. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that some of the...2008 for security in the Niger Delta and projects to ease social...percent of the ...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN ARMY CONTINUES SWEEP OF RESTIVE NIGER DELTA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 26, 2007 ;     413 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa The Nigerian army has launched...Harcourt and elsewhere in the Niger Delta in a bid to flush out gangs...being interrogated. Gilbert da Costa has more in this report...that Tom, the head of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, ...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES 'CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT' IN NIGER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 1, 2008 ;     458 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa Nigerian President Umaru...violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta is the best for the country...prices. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa has more from Abuja. In...solution to the crisis in the Niger Delta region, we have ...

Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria

Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria -- By Bosen' and Li...200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost all...groups have since mushroomed in the Niger Delta and have taken advantage of the breakdown...

Writethru: Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM

Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2008 ;     323 words ......Nigeria not to seek foreign aid over Niger Delta: FM LAGOS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria...Government has said the situation in the Niger Delta would not be allowed to degenerate into...Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe said the Niger Delta situation was not beyond the Federal...

VOA NEWS: MILITANTS RELEASE CAPTIVES IN NIGER DELTA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 12, 2007 ;     383 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa Hostage takers in Nigeria's unruly oil-rich Niger Delta have released 13 captives...violence. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the...for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has declared a month-long...percent in ...

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 - seven...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA MILITANTS ISSUE NEW THREAT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 16, 2007 ;     658 words ......Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it intends to spread its...questions of the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta region. He told VOA that the problem of the Niger Delta is a Nigeria problem. "The other regions...

Nigeria loses 58 bln dollars to Niger Delta crisis: lawmaker

Xinhua News Agency;  October 17, 2007 ;     395 words ...Nigeria loses 58 bln dollars to Niger Delta crisis: lawmaker LAGOS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua...nine years owing to the violence in the Niger Delta, said a Nigerian senator in chargeof the Niger Delta Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIAN MILITARY CLASH WITH MILITANTS IN NIGER DELTA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 15, 2006 ;     301 words ......following story: By Gilbert da Costa Nigeria's security forces...security concerns in the volatile Niger Delta. Militants are continuing...attack oil facilities. The Niger Delta, a vast wetland region which...for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a militant group ...

VOA NEWS: NIGERIANS CALL FOR RELEASE OF NIGER DELTA SEPARATIST LEADER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 14, 2007 ;     566 words ......trial judge. Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, has been detained...treason. He comes from the oil-rich Niger delta region, and militant groups there have...the root causes of the problems in the Niger Delta. "You cannot solve the problem through...