Niger Delta Amnesty

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Nigeria:   Yar'Adua Accepts Militant Leader's 'White Flag'
This Day (Lagos)
17 June 2009

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday expressed his delight at the widely reported decision of the leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr. Ateke Tom, to accept the amnesty offer by the ...

Nigeria:   Key Militant Offers to Accept Yar'Adua's Amnesty
This Day (Lagos)
16 June 2009

Leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr. Ateke Tom has asked President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to define the terms of the amnesty he is offering rebel groups in the Niger Delta, following which ...

Nigeria:   Militants Must Lay Down Arms - Yar'Adua
Daily Independent (Lagos)
5 June 2009

President Umaru Yar'Adua again on Thursday justified the military swoop on insurgents in the Deep South who twist the legitimate demands of the people and threaten national security.

Nigeria:   Niger Delta - Militants Give Condition for Accepting FG's Amnesty
This Day (Lagos)
31 May 2009

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said at the weekend it would consider the federal government's offer of amnesty only if the movement's leader, Mr. Henry Okah, was released from ...

Nigeria:   Uduaghan Re-Assures Militants on Amnesty
This Day (Lagos)
13 June 2009

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has promised his administration's full support for the rehabilitation of armed youth that would agree to turn a new leaf as the Federal Government renewed ...

Nigeria:   Amnesty for Militants - Niger Delta to Build Skill Acquisition Centres
Daily Trust (Abuja)
9 June 2009

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Ufot Ekaette, has said that skills acquisition and development centres would soon be set up to enable the training of the youths, particularly militants, who ...

Nigeria:   Aginighan Urges Youths to Embrace Presidential Amnesty
Vanguard (Lagos)
2 June 2009

Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Power Aginighan, has urged the warring militants in the Niger Delta to embrace the new offer of amnesty by President Umaru ...


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