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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The recent delineation of additional eleven wards in Delta State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) based on the 2006 census of population has angered the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC), a pro-democracy pressure group which says it rejects the exercise as it is unconstitutional as far as Warri South-West Local Government Area is concerned.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... thinking, the NNPC saved the country money, as the successful repairs of the pipelines allowed the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Warri and the Kaduna Refinery to come back to life after it went comatose after the attack and stoppage of work in 2006 following the destruction of the lines by militants.But the spokesman for the militant group, Jomo Gbomo in a statement,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... $12 million (about N1.4 billion) to protect oil facilities, including Chanomi creek pipeline in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.Yar'Adua was reported to have told the House of Representatives Committee on Finance probing revenue earnings and remittances to the Federal Government between 1997 and 2008 on Tuesday that the NNPC had held talks with the militants and paid them...
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France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to record highs.NNPC's Chanomi creek pipeline feeds from the Escravos terminal into refineries in Warri and Kaduna.Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell, whose facilities have been amongst the worst hit by MEND's campaign of sabotage, also has a pipeline in the Chanomi creek which feeds into the Forcados oil export terminal."SETTLING THE BOYS"The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua is under...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan says the state government was willing to partner with the Nigerian Ports Authority in dredging the Escravos Bar to enable bigger vessels to berth at the Warri Port, just as he also appeals for increased use of the Warri port.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
THE Uvwie Traditional Council of Chiefs in Delta State and the community declared yesterday that their traditional ruler, HRM Emmanuel Sideso, Abe I, JP remains the Ovie (King) of Uvwie Kingdom even as they appealed the ruling of a state High Court Warri invalidating the selection process through which the royal father emerged.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Urhobo who was a member of the defunct Bendel State House of Assembly in a statement in Warri wondered why some Deltans were criticising the INEC on the exercise, pointing out that "constituencies and wards are created for human beings and not trees and fishes."The member of the Agbarha-Warri Leaders of Thought, however, advised the INEC to use the same population criteria in delineation...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... the battalion in which the soldiers were serving sent signals of their disappearance to the Warri headquarters of the JTF and Defence Headquarters for directive.The commander of the JTF in Bayelsa State, Lt. Col Chris Musa, who had earlier told Vanguard that the missing officers could not be confirmed dead until all search efforts being embarked upon by his men and the leadership of the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Nigeria: Anenih Canvasses Support for UduaghanOmon Julius OnabuWarriNational leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its former Board of Trustees (BOT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, has solicited greater support for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State.Anenih said such support and encouragement would go a long way in galvanizing the administration's rapid development programme for...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... is not an option," Oritsejafor, who played a prominent role in the resolution of the Warri crisis, said, adding "the problem that will come out as a result of that option will be too enormous for the government to handle, especially given the terrain of the area."Oritsejafor further suggest-ed that government should now refocus its attention at addressing the real issues of the area, by...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Fourteen nationals of Philippines allegedly arrested while engaged in illegal oil bunkering off the Bayelsa coast in the Niger Delta were yesterday paraded by the security Joint Task Force (JTF) at its headquarters in Warri, Delta State.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Nigeria: Police Nab Four Persons Over Attack On Uduaghan17 July 2008Omon-Julius OnabuWarriDelta State Police Command yesterday said it arrested four suspects in connection with the attack on Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan on June 26, 2008.Commissioner of Police, Mr Jacob E. Oshomogho, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the Police Divisional headquarters, Enerhen-Warri,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... in some towns.The survey showed that a custard bucket of fresh tomatoes, which sold for N1,000 in Warri and Asaba, still sells for N1,000.The price of ogbono still sells for N300 in Asaba and Warri.The price stability covers commodities such as beef, Caprice and melon, which still sell for N900 for 1kg, N9,300 for one bag and N100 for a milk cup respectively. © 2008 Daily Trust. All...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... to import the product was sequel to the inability of the local refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna to meet the demand requirement.He said the amount was for importation of 30,000 Metric Tones (MT) of kerosene in June, 33,000MT in July and another 60,000 MT scheduled for delivery in next month at the current landing cost of N140 per litre.According to him, the N50 per litre initiative...
