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Urgent warning issued against travelling to 16 countries after missile barrage on Israel

Metro UK 15 Apr 2024
The FCDO advises against all travel to areas within 30km of the borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali and Niger 30km of the border with Tunisia in the provinces of Illizi and Ouargla and in the Chaambi mountains area.
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Alarm over

The Daily Mail 12 Apr 2024
All of the cases have occurred in Sokoto, in the north-west of the country, close to the border of Niger. Concerned health chiefs have now been dispatched to the area to investigate the nature of the illness.
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Navy Arrests 2 Suspects for Alleged Oil Theft in Bayelsa

This Day 12 Apr 2024
Meanwhile, the board of trustees of Community Development Committee of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas (CDC) has opposed plans by the federal government to transport crude oil from point of ...
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Niger Gov Flags Off Construction of Roads in Kontagora

This Day 11 Apr 2024
Nigeria .. Laleye Dipo in Minna. In what could be described as Sallah gifts for the people of Kontagora town and its environs, the Niger State Government has commenced the construction of 110 kilometres of roads in the area ... .
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Is Italy's support for Israel linked to Gaza's offshore gas?

The New Arab 08 Apr 2024
This isn't the first time that Eni has operated in conflict areas ... Similarly in the Niger Delta in western Nigeria, where Eni has been operating since 1962, the area has been in conflict since the 1990s due to control over oil resources.
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6-week EU-SWAIMS training begins at RMU

Business Ghana 08 Apr 2024
Participating countries in­clude Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo and Ghana who would be taken through areas of maritime insecurity by renowned experts from maritime industry, defence and security, ...
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Termination of US-Niger Military Cooperation Agreement: The Challenge of the Franco-US Vacuum

This Day 07 Apr 2024
... governance, support justice sector reform, improve health and education, and strengthen security sector education and training.’ Thus, US-Niger cooperation covers several areas of bilateral interest.
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N110bn Fraud: Anti-graft Group Calls on N’Assembly, EFCC to Expedite Probe of NEMA Officials, Others

This Day 03 Apr 2024
... and Mr Olumuyiwa Olotu; Director of Procurement, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Alex Enebeli, were found wanting in the area of owning and running private companies while in office.
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Clark: N1.067tn Lagos -Calabar Coastal Road Project, New Dawn In Nigeria’s Infrastructural Development

This Day 30 Mar 2024
“I assure you that we will not only endorse this project but will fully extend our support to ensure its completion especially at the areas of the Niger Delta where it will pass through.”.
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Venomous snakes could start migrating in large numbers if we hit 5�C warming, predict scientists

Phys Dot Org 28 Mar 2024
By knowing the places that snakes could potentially inhabit in the future, we were able to calculate which snakes would start spreading out across a bigger area than their current habitat ... areas.
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Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians

Human Rights Watch 28 Mar 2024
The JNIM armed group is known to operate in the area ... On January 25, the Malian armed forces and Wagner fighters carried out a military operation in Attara, a village on the banks of the Niger River, in an area where the JNIM is known to operate.
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Legal Experts Call for Amendment of NDDC Act to End Generated Controversies

This Day 27 Mar 2024
I believe the NDDC has been presently empowered by the National Assembly to perform on the mandate of the people of the Niger Delta area, to ensure that this present administration of the NDDC will ...
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Putin discusses security cooperation with West and Central African leaders

LBC International 27 Mar 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call with the junta leader in neighboring Niger.
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CLO Urges FG to Obey Court Order on N1.1tn Compensation to Niger Community

This Day 26 Mar 2024
He also held that “the plaintiffs are the original occupants of the large area of land located at Samboro Community, which makes up approximately 7,868 hectares in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.”.
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Kunle Olawunmi: Killing of Military Men in Delta Political, Intelligence Failure Caused By Politicians

This Day 26 Mar 2024
He, however, noted that the politicians in the Niger Delta area, should be scrutinised, adding that they were about to make a move that would provoke the army to make mistakes as they did in 2006 and 2007.
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