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Gunmen attack Nigeria oil flow station 16 Mar 2009 17:48:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, March 16 (Reuters) - Suspected armed militants in gunboats attacked an oil flow station in the southern Niger Delta early on Monday, a military spokesman said.
Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the military taskforce in the western Niger Delta, said the facility was attacked by gunmen in five speedboats at Nembe in Bayelsa state. It was not clear if any oil production was affected by the incident.

"The facilities remain intact, there were no casualties to our troops," he said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear which company owned the facilities. This was the second attack on an oil facility in the Niger Delta, the heart of Nigeria's oil and gas sector, in the last four days.

Chevron <CVX.N> confirmed on Monday an attack by suspected militants on its oil pipeline in Delta state on Friday, shutting down around 11,500 barrels per day of production.

Attacks on pipelines and industry installations are common in the Niger Delta. The unrest has shut down more than a fifth of Nigerian oil output over the past three years. (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/ ) (Reporting by Austine Ekeinde; Writing by Randy Fabi)

Nigeria: Abducted Editor Surfaces in Bayelsa
Segun James
19 March 2009

Yenagoa — Abuja Bureau Chief of a Lagos-based newspaper, Mr. Akin Orimolade, who disappeared from his base in Abuja mysteriously surfaced before a Yenagoa Magistrate Court 4 in Bayelsa State yesterday. He was accused of fabricating a report against the state Governor Timipre Sylva.

There was a twist to the case, however, as journalists led by the Chairman of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Siyefa Uzaka, stormed the court premises in solidarity with Orimolade, even as the court session could not hold as scheduled.

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Narrating his ordeal, Orimolade said he was lured into a trap when an advert was used as bait to abduct him. He said upon realising the trick used on him, he demanded for the warrant of arrest on him but he was ignored and shipped from Abuja to Yenagoa.

Reacting to the accusation that the Bayelsa State Government forcefully and illegally kidnapped a journalist, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Doifie Ola, in an email to journalists said neither the governor nor any of his security aides had a hand in the kidnapping.

Ola said in the statement: "About 14:10 hours on Tuesday, 17 March, 2008, I saw a missed call on my mobile. It happened to be that of an Editor-in-Chief of a newspaper. I immediately returned the call only to be told that security aides attached to Governor Timipre Sylva had earlier in the day "abducted" the Abuja Bureau Chief of the newspaper. I immediately ruled out the possibility of the governor's involvement in the alleged "abduction", and promised to investigate the matter.

"This is what happened: On Saturday, 31 January 2009, the newspaper published a news story in which Governor Timipre Sylva was alleged to have engaged in physical combat with a certain Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) mandarin. In support of the story, the newspaper published a purported picture of the governor in boxing gloves and shorts. They never had the courtesy to tell the world that the photo was computer-generated.

"As a law-abiding citizen, the governor sought legal advice, and his lawyers were of the opinion that the said publication which was circulated all over the country, including Bayelsa State, amounts to criminal defamation punishable under Section 302 of the Criminal Code Law of Bayelsa State. On this basis, a criminal complaint on oath was filed on behalf of the governor at a Yenagoa Magistrate Court.

"The magistrate upon hearing the exparte motion issued a warrant of arrest against the reporter and two others now at large. On receiving the warrant, the Bayelsa State Police Command detailed its men to Abuja to execute the warrant on the reporter who is resident in Abuja. Upon reaching Abuja, the Policemen from Yenagoa reported themselves to the Police authorities in Abuja.

"In compliance with the rules of the court, the warrant of arrest was taken to a magistrate in Abuja who endorsed it. Thereafter, the policemen from Yenagoa in company with their colleagues in Abuja jointly executed the warrant. The reporter was then taken to the Abuja magistrate who had endorsed the warrant. The magistrate subsequently ordered that the reporter be produced before the magistrate in Yenagoa who issued the warrant of arrest."

"Clearly, Governor Timipre Sylva is not a party to the "abduction" of any reporter. His security aides are not a party to the arrest of any reporter. No official of the Bayelsa State Government was at the scene of the arrest."

Orimolade was still in the clothes with which he was kidnapped was brought to the court premises around 11:45 am in a Mercedes Benz 190 model accompanied by two security operatives.

He insisted he was abducted and not arrested as being alleged.

According to him, the kidnappers in uniform used advert material as bait to get at him.

"I was somewhere in Abuja when I received a phone call that I should come and pick a copy of an advert to be published in my paper.

"Not sensing any danger, I headed for the place only to discover that they only used the advert as bait to arrest me as I was surrounded by two heavily armed security operatives.

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"My request for the warrant of arrest was rebuffed. I was later taken to one of the police stations in Abuja where I was told that I would soon be on my way to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. I was locked together in the same cell with hardened criminals. I did not appear before any Magistrate Court as being rumoured."

Orimolade alongside two other persons said to be at large were alleged to have published a defamatory story against the person of Governor Sylva in the newspaper's edition of Saturday, January 31, 2009.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the state council of the NUJ, Uzaka, has waded into the crisis, insisting that the case be settled out of court by all parties.

Nigeria;Militants insist on monthly allowance

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The government of Bayelsa state in Niger Delta,Nigeria has cried out that Militants in the area have threatened to blow up oil facilities and wreck unnamed havoc if it keeps faith with the promise to rescind payment of the regular monthly allowance to them.

The Bayelsa government pays about one hundred million naira as servicing allowance to seven militant’s camps spread out in the state. But since the world financial crisis began to take a hard toll on Nigeria, the monthly allocation for the constitute states and local governments have dropped making the payment of salaries as well as make the execution of capital projects difficult.
With the threat from the militants the Bayelsa government has requested for more troupes of the joint military task force to be dispatched to the state.

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Nigeria: Bayelsa - Militants Kidnap Lebanese
Napoleon Ehiremen
6 March 2009

Warri — Some militants yesterday in Sagbagria, Kologuma/Opokuma local Government Area of Bayelsa State, kidnapped an expatriate construction worker with Elite Construction Company.<
The hostage, who was taken to an unknown destination by the gunmen, is a Lebanese simply identified as Mr. David.

The incident, according to source took place at about 4:30pm on Wednesday at his company's construction site of Polaku/Sabagria road project executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

When contacted, the Joint Task Force (JTF) through its spokesman Col. Rabe Abubakar confirmed the incident, saying that "it was the work of some criminal elements who are trying to portray the region as hostile and unsecured for human living and investment".

He, however, assured the family of the kidnapped Lebanese and the general public that the JTF would secure the release of the hostage within the shortest possible time and bring the collaborators to book.

In a related development, the JTF has raised alarm over the heavy pollution occasioned by deliberate sabotage of Chevron crude oil pipeline between Opia and Tambolo community in Bayelsa State.

Meanwhile, the coordinator, Joint media campaign of the JTF Col. Rabe Abubakar, said the spillage in these communities was the handiwork of illegal oil bunkerers.

Abubakar said the situation was worrisome especially as it affects the source of livelihood of the communities near the site.

He added that with this kind of damage to environment, these illegal bunkerers should be seen as enemies of the people that do not mean well for the emancipation of the locals in the Niger Delta.
"The situation is worrisome, especially as it affects the source of livelihood of the communities around the sites and it further shows that the illegal oil bunkerers do not mean well for the emancipation of the locals in the Niger Delta region," he said.

Abubakar further said that the contamination and pollution of water and soil which affect the survival of water animals and soil bareness are consequence of spillage into water and land.

He urged all well meaning Nigerians to "condemn the negative activities of the illegal bunkerers instead of pointing accusing fingers on the oil companies who are here to boost our economy".

It's must be ^muda and his cohorts.

Treetop20:
post
where is the photo of him
actually getting pelted with eggs?
i want to see it

I wonder?
one of the protesters should have taken pictures for youtube and posterity

only eggs and tomatoes?
I would have come with amala,akpu and soured oha soup with ogiri

nuzo:
Ok ma'am.

they are the ones killing people with their fatal edibles
na market Gbenga Okafor carry go Beijing and everybody is making noise

nuzo:
@topic

Na this kind time my foreign and chinese friends dey laugh yeye comot from my body.

tell them to shatap!
at least this man killed nobody.
na merchandise e carry
The Chinese are responsible for over 150 deaths of infants in Nigeria in the "my pikin" teething powder case.
They are responsible for thousands of death all over the world from tainted baby milk, lead in baby toys and other dangerous products including pet food.
you need to point those out to them

~Sauron~:
Is the man Igbo?? Has it been confirmed??

yeah
His name is Bob manuel Princewill
From Buguma

cibilola:
kerosene mango? osisi that sounds more dangerous than delicious,

the last mango u described is the best, it's just that teeth-picking after that makes u forget the fun you got from the original mango itself and the skin of that one is like chewing rubber!


ps: osisi, i know this is completely off-topic but in Edo, ur name means 'gun' do u know that?

Osanobua !!
I like it!
tell me it's semi automatic too

please when you guys address becomepoor the satellite slowpoke address him alone not his race
The average Yoruba man or woman on nairaland is ashamed of him.
His own family wonders why they didn't flush the embryo down the toilet.
The guy is mentally disturbed.

Good job doc

A Nigerian man tried to smuggle nearly 200 pounds of marijuana into China in his luggage but got nervous and left the cache sitting at the airport for a day, Beijing customs officials said Wednesday.

The man flew into Beijing International Airport from the Nigerian capital of Lagos on March 2 and left the airport with just one bag packed with clothes and some cash, said a statement from the Beijing Customs Bureau.

He returned the next day to retrieve the rest of his bags, which were found to contain 72 bricks, or 190 pounds (87 kilograms), of marijuana thickly wrapped in black plastic, said the statement posted to the bureau Web site.

The bust was the bureau's biggest so far this year, it said.

The China Daily newspaper on Wednesday published a photo of the man, who was not identified by name, handcuffed in a chair as one officer gripped his shoulder and another questioned him while pointing to dozens of plastic bundles laid out on the floor.

The customs statement said the man was detained but did not say if he had been formally arrested or charged. Calls to the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing rang unanswered.

Drug trafficking in China is punishable by death.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/18/asia/AS-China-Drug-Bust.php

Ijaw man and muda aka mohadana can you Ijaw fishermen stop this nonsense!
This story has already been discussed here.
Moderator please close the thread and ban those 2 MEND rejects
they are mostly the same person pre occupied with crime and horror stories in the SE and SW while their youths are raping little girls and running amok in the creeks

sunej:
You sound as though u've neither traveled out nor read the story. Once the luggage is checked in in Nigeria, he'll only collect it when hulled out at the destination. According to the story, he abandoned the luggage and returned the next day to pick, that was when he was nabbed.


Please let's all Observe 1 minute silence for the guy and wish his Soul an internal Rest.

external rest nko?

are we even sure someone else didn't arrive with the goods,checked them in and then they sent this poor guy to go pick up the stored goods?

Bossman:
These people continue to give us a bad name. I suspect he must have been under the influence of something for him to even think he can get through with this much drugs.

He may have some sort of mental retardation.
No person with full mental capacity will agree to carry that much "ugu leaves"

I do feel sorry for the guy.
He was used
He may even have some mental handicap, who knows
that's sad.

The types of mangoes(at least what we called them as kids)

.German Mango (usually very big in size)

Opioro mango (long and thin)

Kerosene mango

then ordinary mango,the real juicy one that the juice will be running down your arm and flies will be chasing you and you'll spend 30 minutes afterwards picking your teeth

ate the skin of the last type I described (as a kid).
I still like mangoes


Hate mango juices though

Ocassional hitches and glitches here and there are normal

blacksta:
@hilli
This guy has been watching to many American film[/color]

either that or he's a drug pusher himself

~Sauron~:
He is a drug mule. . . . . .How much would he get??
The Arrow at Virgin Nigeria that got arrested was promised $4,000. . . . .Can u beat that??
Mules are paid shit money. . . .

half a million naira you call small money
that's more than the annual salary of a teacher

I remember her from the redone " parent's trap"
How sad

babies ought to be in their cribs from day one.

morenike and babies again?
the last time she wanted to know about labor and delivery
Morenike is there a bun in the oven?

Ikomi:
So invariably what ur saying is dat we should give Osisi title for cutting and pasting. Then what would we call her Cut and Paster 1 of Ala Igbo. ehhhhhnnnnn OgidiBoy?

Osisi come to me jare let me give u better title. Mrs Mu.

Hauwa how now, your face dey shine oooohhhhhh. 

Where is tpia and Aloy, we dont hear from them anymore. Have they settled? I think they should let us know whats going on.

look at this okada hopper 
who dash you mrs?
Hauwa won't even look your way
I already warned her against your type.
Omoge you heard me ba ?
any man wearing bathroom slippers coming down from an okada holding a polythene bag is not God's will for you

deb:
Hey CHINA of all nations in the world.

Dem don swear for the guy.

And for real, do we have custom officers in Nigeria?

exactly!
If he travelled from Nigeria,the custom officers at his departure ought to be fired,arrested and charged.
These people won't let me pass peacefully with my small container of palm 'oyel' and small stock fish and they'll let 3 full suitcases of Igbo go by?

Pataki:
Damn! Some people are mindless. China of all places! He should begin to say the Lord's prayer. . . . . .he is a gone - gunned soul.

The one I want to know is
How did he get those into the aircraft enroute China ?
87 kg?
that's more than the weight of an average man.

see him FACE!!

Weree awon OMO IBO!

Oloshi!

I knew there'll be some  Yoruba area boy on this thread talking nonsense as usual.
you cowards never  disappoint.

hilli666:
For most of you here who don't understand the way this works let me educate you. First of all, it is immediately observed that it is almost impossible to attempt to carry this much drug in to an airport without been noticed, especially an international airport in China of all places. So this means, either this guy was dumb or maybe has a family back home that is been held hostages or like you said convinced by his with doctor that this was a possible feat.
When neither of the latter are true, then that leaves only one more option, called the shuffle. This is a trick used by many organised crime family, gang and corrupt police and political figures and this is how it goes. You find some one easily disposable (preferably low IQ) to act as a "mule" or trafficker between your supplier e.g the Marijuana drug cartels in Eshan (where they openly grow weed in large fields in full view of everbody) and the demand the triads or other Chinese family. The mule is set up to be busted (arrested) at the airport at which point the police or related anti drug agency would intervene and confiscate the drugs. The receiving cartel who have people working for them at airport, police and agency are then notified of the arrival of the merchandise. The swap is made for dummy drugs keeping just a few real brick for evidence in court and press. After the court case the man is found guilty, and executed, the drugs (dummy) are ordered destroyed by fire or dissolved in a solvent. In some instance even the few authentic bricks that were left for evidence are picked up. So this poor hapless fella never stood a chance right from when he signe up for this. He ironically enough, is probably the victim. Trust me, those drugs will arrive at their anticipated destination. What cop want to go against the chinese crime familys?? The supplier and the customer are celebrating to another sucessfull transaction as we speak. Dont ask me how I know this. I plead the fifth

Hmm
I hope interpol is reading