Niger Delta militants

Nigerian Militants Kidnap More Foreign Oil Workers

Dinka — Sat, 26 May 2007 09:34:27 -0500

Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped Friday at least eight more foreign oil workers in the country's Niger Delta region. Kari Barber reports for VOA from Abuja.

Nigeria: MEND Denies Supporting Yar'Adua and Jonathan and Elections

MichaelChima — Wed, 02 May 2007 05:05:41 -0500

The dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied and refuted the Nigerian government broadcast that MEND supports the massively rigged elections of last April.

Nigeria: Umaru Yar'Adua, When Unrepentant Criminals Win Elections

MichaelChima — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:22:26 -0500

Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua claims to be a pious Muslim and then engages in the celebration of gross electoral misconduct, irregularities and voter disenfranchisement perpetrated by his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and caused the mayhem that left over 260 dead. And he is still so shameless and unrepentant in his denial of the crimes committed by the PDP during the April polls.

Nigeria: Anarchy Looms After Yar'Adua Wins Bloody Elections

MichaelChima — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:52:58 -0500

Monday, April 23, 2007, Alhaji Umaru Yar' Adua, the presidential candidate of the ruling Peopes Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria. But, the opposition parties have refused to accept the result of the polls. Both the local and international observers have called the elections undemocratic and a fraud.

Nigeria: Elections Cast Nigerians Between Scylla and Charybdis

MichaelChima — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:14:44 -0500

As millions of Nigerians go out to cast their votes today, they are doing so with their hearts in their mouths, because the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has waged a do or die war on the opposition parties in the contentious presidential and legislative elections.

Nigeria: Militants Attack Government Headquarters in Bayelsa, Niger Delta

MichaelChima — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:50:41 -0500

Niger Delta militants attacked government offices on the eve of the historic Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria.

Nigeria: Old Woman Strips Naked To Reject Rigged Elections

MichaelChima — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:25:02 -0500

An old woman scared many people when she went stark naked to join half naked women and others in public demonstration on the streets of Warri in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. She did not even flinch as she boldly protested the rigging of the last state elections of Saturday April 14, 2007.

Nigeria: 12 Policemen, Woman Killed in Kano After Elections

MichaelChima — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:16:35 -0500

A district police officer, his wife and 11 other police officers were killed by an irate mob of the Islamic sect in Kano, Northern Nigeria, after violent polls and four days after unidentified gunmen shot and killed a popular Islamic leader and two of his assistants inside their mosque.

Nigeria: Echoes of Political Anarchy After Tragic Elections

MichaelChima — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:27:33 -0500

Things have fallen apart in Nigeria and millions of Nigerians are no longer at ease as they bury their dead and nurse their bleeding wounds after the tragic elections of last Saturday April 14, 2007. And nemesis is driving thousands of protesters to go on rampage on the streets. The sirens of anarchy echo from different regions of the troubled nation.

Nigeria: Militants Kill 7 Police Officers On Election Day

MichaelChima — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:10:27 -0500

Dare-devil Niger Delta militants invaded a police station on election day in Port Harcourt and killed seven police officers and razed the police station before escaping.