Niger Delta stories:
Nigeria rebel group MEND declare 'ceasefire'
Oct 25th, 2009 - The Raw Story
Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Niger Delta, MEND, declared Sunday an "indefinite ceasefire" to encourage dialogue with the government. The Movement for the...
Nigeria militant group calls indefinite cease-fire
Oct 25th, 2009 - Boston
ABUJA, Nigeria—Nigeria's main militant group called an indefinite cease-fire Sunday to encourage dialogue with the government, the group's spokesman said. Jomo Gbomo...
Nigeria president meets with longtime militant leader, militants call it 'positive step'
Oct 20th, 2009 - dailypress
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's president held talks with the longtime leader of the country's main militant group for the first time since his release from jail after agreeing to disarm as part of an amnesty deal...
Nigerian rebel in amnesty talks
Oct 20th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Henry Okah flew from South Africa to attend the meeting
The leader of one of Nigeria's last militant groups to maintain an armed struggle over oil money has held talks with President Umaru Yar'Adua.Nigeria looking for ways to help poor Delta region
Oct 20th, 2009 - kansascity
The managing director of Nigeria's state oil company has told The Associated Press the government is looking at ways to empower impoverished communities in the country's oil-producing Niger Delta...
Niger Delta videos from YouTube:
- DELTA - OIL'S DIRTY BUSINESSAt the Delta of Niger River in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of planet's oil is excavated, bomb attacks, abductions and murders form part of daily routine. The documentary portrays the image of "development" ...
- 'Oil War' Rages in Niger DeltaANCHOR: Nigerian militants have attacked yet another pipeline in the oil rich country. It comes amidst the heaviest fighting there in two years. The militants have cut Nigeria's oil output ...
- Delta Story - What the Niger...For the benefit of the pretend-deaf, pretend-blind, and those in denial, let us remind all of what the Niger Delta problem is all about. There is Oil in the region. That Oil is not in Nigeria: it is in Biafraland ...
- Civilians caught in Niger...A Nigerian navy patrol has intercepted an attempted attack on an offshore oil facility in the Niger Delta. It is the latest in an ongoing battle which is said to have nearly halved the country's vital oil production ...
Niger Delta from WikiPedia:
The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. The area was the British Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 until 1893, when it was expanded and became the Niger Coast Protectorate.
The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian Government, extends over about 70,000 km² and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria’s land mass. Historically and cartographically, it consists of present day Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers State. In the year 2000, however, Obansanjo's regime expanded its definition to include Abia, Imo and Ondo States. Some 31 million people of more than 40 ethnic groups including the Efik Eburutu, Ibibio Nation, Annang Nation, Oron Nation, Ijaw Nation, Itsekiri Nation, Urhobo Nation, Kalabari, and Igbo are among some who speak about 250 dialects in the Niger Delta.
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