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Nicholas Shaxson Executive Summary The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) is a subset of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and for some time NEITI has been regarded by many actors as the global EITI's flagship programme, or at…

Daniel Balint-Kurti, December 2009, The World Today, Volume 65, Number 12 The story goes that Nigerian rebels have kidnapped three western expatriate workers and killed them in cold blood. It is the first time they have murdered hostages and the…

Shooting is first reported unrest since amnesty * Militant group says army is threatening ceasefire * Military denies building up troop numbers By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants accused the army of threatening a ceasefire in the oil-producing Niger…

Gov't delays rehabilitation programme for ex-militants - Talks under way between president and rebels - Hundreds of former gunmen protest, demanding payment (Adds protest in Port Harcourt, paragraphs 12-14) By Austin Ekeinde YENEGOA, Nigeria, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria has yet to begin the process of…

MEND says talks mark beginning of serious dialogue - Increased funding for Niger Delta communities on table - Oil theft increasing since amnesty By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it…

ABATETE, 3 November 2009 (IRIN) Severe erosion over many years in Anambra, southeastern Nigeria, has cut off or destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses, farms and schools, prompting the governor to call for a state of emergency in the area…

By Segun Owen YENEGOA, Nigeria, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Monday began helping retrain former oil militants in Nigeria responsible for years of attacks on its pipelines, part of efforts to ensure an amnesty programme brings lasting…

By Felix Onuah ABUJA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Wednesday approved 200 billion naira ($1.34 billion) in federal funding to build roads, hospitals and schools in the oil-producing Niger Delta. The funding is the latest effort by…

Under equity plan, Niger Delta people own part of oil firm - Residents will fight militancy, protect oil facilities - Rivers state needs money, but no plans for bond issue By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Nigeria's plan to give…

-The performance of the 2009 season is mixed with regard to rainfall amount and temporal and spatial distribution. Rainfall declined in the north in early October, following normal trends. Current dryness and abrupt cessation of rains in some localized…