Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Gunmen hold five crew from boat in Niger delta region, security sources say Hostages reportedly Russian and Ukrainian Kidnappings in the region fairly common and often end peacefully
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Worried by the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to constitute a special ad-hoc committee to conduct public hearing on the crisis.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
We share the concern of patriotic Nigerians about President Yar'adua's reported acceptance of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's offer to deploy British military personnel "to train and advise Nigerian troops fighting militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region."
CNN (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Security sources say five crew members have been abducted from a Swedish boat in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger delta region.The sources say the gunmen boarded the Herkules ship Thursday and are still holding five crew members, who are Russian and Ukrainian.The sources say the other seven crew members aboard the Herkules were released Friday.The two sources...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, warned yesterday that the current crisis in the Niger Delta region was capable of consuming the whole country and, therefore, stressed the need to find out what happened to the revenue emanating from the area over time.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
BEIJING, July 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released an article on the industrial transformation in the Pearl River Delta region. Following a report on the closing down of thousand of shoe factories Dongguan,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
DELTA State Government has commenced a fact-finding tour to all oil installations across the state with a view to ascertaining the actual quantum of crude oil production in the state as part of efforts towards enhanced revenue generation.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
FACTIONAL leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams, weekend gave a panacea to the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta Region.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Lagos, Nigeria - Suspected militants early Saturday abducted eight expatriate workers from an oil tanker at Bonny Rivers in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta region, military sources said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Should the Federal Government of Nigeria bring in British soldiers for the purpose of containing the violence in the Niger Delta, Nigeria will be seized by an uncontrollable violence.
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAGAPATTINAM: Farmers in the Cauvery delta region of Nagapattinam district will get the crop insurance amount of Rs.30 crore within a month, said Collector M. Jayaraman here on Thursday. Appeal Presiding ...
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Twelve weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwady Delta region of Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of families still have a lengthy storm to weather, WFP said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The Federal Government has appealed to the people of the Niger Delta region to give them chance to address all the injustices they have been suffering for years.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said majority of the people of Niger Delta believe in continuous dialogue despite the cancellation of Niger Delta summit by the Federal Government.
AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Exactly one month ago Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region, leaving more than 130,000 people dead or missing. Now aid workers are fighting to prevent a second disaster caused by disease and malnutrition. Selina Downes reports from Bangkok. ( AlJazeera English : June 03, 2008 )
