All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, code-named Operation Restore Hope, Brig-General Wuyep Rimtip yesterday said there was no truth in the rumour making the rounds that Northern soldiers had been deployed to kill Southerners in the Niger Delta region.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The recent creation, or better still, purported establishment of a Ministry of Niger Delta by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has caused ripples in the Niger Delta specifically, and the nation in general.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Niger's Defense Ministry says three soldiers and one suspected rebel were killed in a fire-fight in the mountainous north of ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Mr. Wale Ogunade is a human rights lawyer and the president of Voters' Awareness Initiative. He spoke to our reporter, Dolapo Oseni, on the recent move by the National Assembly to criminalise communal violence, arguing that it is not a panacea to violence. He also spoke on other issues.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
This essay is borne out of a passionate desire to solve the problems of the Niger Delta Region. Therefore, the article seeks to achieve three objectives. First, is to assist the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta to put together a 'Charter of Demands" that can be reasonably articulated at the National level to bring about accelerated development of the Region.
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Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has explained why Rivers State has remained the focus of its violent attacks.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The highly respected Nobel prize for Literature has been won by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a French writer, who lived part of his childhood in Onitsha, Nigeria, and even wrote a book named after the town, recollecting his memories of the city on the banks of the Niger.
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The caretaker manager of the Angolan national senior males football team, Mabi de Almeida, highlighted as main concern the improvement of the defensive Sector, in order to achieve a positive result on Sunday's match against Niger, in Luandas's Coqueiros stadium.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim, yesterday warned all those who consider themselves abductors and hostage takers to stay away from the Niger Delta region or risk facing the wrath of the law when arrested.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | yesterday
A truck of smuggled migrants leaving Agadez to cross the Sahara desert into Libya and Algeria Sub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria. They pick their way through Niger’s Air mountains, circumventing a mountain rebellion, increased mountain banditry, and North African border crackdowns, according to migrants and smugglers in Niger’s
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Against the background of charges by some Niger Delta elements like Alhaji Asari Dokubo that the North is a parasitic component of the Nigerian federation, a meeting of Northern Governors Forum was held where the governors resolved to squarely address agricultural development.
Grandiose Parlor (Free subscription) | yesterday
“Nigeria is broken and will remain broken because the bulk of Nigerians have failed to tune on the right mindset.” On October 5 President Yar’Adua stated that the Niger Delta security problem gives his administration nightmares. True, the situation has assumed a worse proportion in scope and scale. But for the C-in-C to come out and [...]
Niger Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nine years ago today, I was struck down with a flu like viral illness from which I never recovered. After the initial six months, my profoundly disabling condition was diagnosed by a Consultant Psychiatrist as a severe form of Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS), also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Still, to this day, there is no effective treatment or cure....
NigerianMuse Articles (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, a French writer, who lived part of his childhood in Onitsha, Nigeria, and even wrote a book named after the town, recollecting his memories of the city at the banks of the Niger, has been named the winner of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize. The announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden, today.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Freddy Kasseri, 23, travelled from Ghana to Niger intending to cross the desert into Libya. He did not make it. Libyan security forces return migrants via land to a military post in northern Niger, where the migrants are turned over to Nigerien soldiers. Kasseri was transferred 650km to Agadez, where he is working to save money for a second attempt.
