Nigerian Oil Delta Rebels Say 'War' Starts Oct 1
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The Nigerian rebel group fighting government troops in the oil-rich Niger delta said on Monday it will launch "all-out war on the Nigerian state" from Oct. 1 and advised all oil companies to shut production by then.
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Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari assured his arch rival in the battle for the control of oil resources in the Niger Delta, Ateke Tom that he was ready to make peace.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in  Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta arrived in the capital for  talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday on terms to  end violence that helped to push crude prices to record highs.
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Nigerian rebels battling troops in  Africa's top oil exporter declared on Sunday they would extend  their uprising across the whole of the country's oil-producing  southern delta.
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The treason trial of Nigerian oil militant Mujahid Dokubu-Asari is due to start in the capital, Abuja.
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A four-day general strike begins against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
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A militia group in the Niger Delta will launch "a full-scale armed struggle" to wrest control of the region's oil riches from the Nigerian government starting Oct. 1, the group's leader declared Tuesday.
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Nigerian rebels fighting government  troops in the southern Port Harcourt area are poised to launch  an uprising across the entire oil-producing delta region to  force political reforms or gain sovereignty, a rebel leader  said on Sunday.
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Militiamen trying to wrest control of the oil-rich Niger Delta threatened on Tuesday to launch a "full-scale armed struggle" on petroleum-pumping operations in Africa's largest crude oil producing nation, urging foreign oil workers to leave the region.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing Niger Delta says will meet President Olusegun Obasanjo to discuss terms for ending the violence that has helped push crude prices to record highs.
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Nigerian rebels fighting for sovereignty of the oil-producing Niger delta told oil companies in the world&#39;s seventh largest exporter to shut production before they begin an &quot;all-out war&quot; on Oct. 1.
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Talks between a Nigerian rebel warlord  and the government will resume on Thursday to address rebel  demands for autonomy in the oil-producing Niger Delta following  a truce agreed a day earlier, the rebel leader said.
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Talks between a rebel warlord and the  Nigerian president aimed at preventing an explosion of violence  in the oil-producing Niger Delta will resume Friday, an  organizer said.
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A four-day strike against fuel price rises in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, begins.
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ENVIRONMENTAL activists claim the latest outbreak of violence in Nigeria is simply the beginning of a civil war that could force Shell into a huge shake-up of its activities in the oil-rich country.
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Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Multinational oil companies began talks with hundreds of Nigerian villagers occupying three oil platforms yesterday in a dispute over jobs that shut at least 90 000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production.