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Godwin Abbe

Type: Person

Name: Godwin Abbe

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 4 Documents

Nigeria: Ex-Militants Report to Camp November 11

Chris Ochayi and Oscarline Onwuemenyi THE Federal Government, yesterday, commenced the post-amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region as it directed 3,000 former militants who had accepted the amnesty offer to report to camp between now and November ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Godwin Abbe, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Calabar, Rehabilitation

First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Skepticism Greets Niger Delta Oil Plan

Top Nigerian officials met with ex-militant commanders in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss plans for developing the infrastructure of the country's oil-producing region in a drive to end a long-running rebellion.Defense Minister Godwin Abbe told about a dozen ... [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Niger Delta, Godwin Abbe, Ijaw, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Abuja (Nigeria)

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents

Former Nigerian militant leaders decry slow amnesty program

Former Nigerian militant leaders are critical of the slow amnesty program, saying they are beginning to regret accepting the government's amnesty offer.The Lagos-based Punch newspaper reported on Wednesday that the former militants stated this at an interactive ... [Individual.com - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Godwin Abbe, Amnesty

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Niger Delta - This Opportunity Must Not Slip [opinion]

when President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua would be giving account of his stewardship on the third anniversary of his presidency, he would not be talking about taking so much time to plan and having a proper assessment of the situation on ground. That was the ... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Niger Delta, Peace Process, Godwin Abbe, Henry Okah

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents

Pension - FG Raises Ex-Biafrans' Hopes

Abuja The minister of state for Defence, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu, has promised ex-biafrian soldiers that their case for payment of pensions and gratuities would be taken before President Umaru Yar'Adua for his considerations.The minister made the pledge ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Abuja (Nigeria), Nigerian Civil War, Godwin Abbe

First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Nigeria misses militant deadline

BBC News, LagosNigerian oil militant leaders say government rehabilitation camps being set up to receive thousands of disarmed fighters are not ready to process them.They had been due to report on Wednesday, as part of an amnesty deal under which they ... [BBC - 11/12/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Deadline, Godwin Abbe

First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/25/2009 - 1 Documents

Over 15,000 militants surrender arms in Nigeria : minister

Over 15,000 militants who laid down their arms in Nigeria's restive oil region have so far been registered but the number could rise at the end of documentation, Nigerian defence minister said Sunday. 'Although our projection based on initial assessment ... [The Middle East - 10/25/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, General Godwin, Godwin Abbe

First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 1 Documents

FG gets tough on oil thieves - Niger Delta youths threaten to dump amnesty

AS part of efforts to consolidate its gains from the amnesty deal with former Niger Delta militants, the Federal Government is lobbying the international community to tighten the noose on illegal oil bunkering on the nations waterways. Some top government ... [Nigerian Tribune - 10/26/2009]

Entities: Niger Delta, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Henry Okah, Godwin Abbe

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

FG says military hardware acquisition not response to alleged Niger Delta threat

The Federal Government on Tuesday described as frivolous the allegation that the N25 billion spent so far in strengthening the armed forces was a direct response to the threats in the troubled Niger Delta region. The N25 billion out of the N46.80 billion ... [Business Day Nigeria - 10/28/2009]

Entities: Niger Delta, Military/Armed Forces, Acquisition

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

AU panel, Sudan list steps to end Darfur crisis

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua presided over the meeting in his capacity as host chairperson of the PSC.Former South African President Thabo Mbeki presented the AU high-level panel on Darfur (AUPD) report which stated categorically that reliance on criminal ... [Nigeria Guardian - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Darfur, Sudan, Nigeria, International Chamber of Commerce

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents

Who is Mr. President: YarAdua or Abbe?!

This writer broke his writing-milk-teeth working with a little-sung icon of the Nigerian press, Christopher Maduaburochukwu Okolie; the young man who dared to import classy full-colour gloss into the realm of Nigerian media (which was hitherto dominated ... [Vanguard - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Nigeria, Godwin Abbe, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

First Reported 10/19/2009 - Updated 10/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Nigerian leader to meet main militant group leader in extended peace effort

By Li HuailinLAGOS, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Henry Okah is set to meet the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to defuse the threat by group to resume attacks on oil installations ... [Xinhua News Agency - 10/19/2009]

Entities: Niger Delta, Godwin Abbe, Henry Okah, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

Quotes

"and because of difficulty in accommodation facilities, we are going to put together the first 3 000 into camps (for training)" said Abbe

Nigeria to re-train ex-rebels [News24.com - 11/03/2009]

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Nigeria: Yar'Adua Meets With Delta Militants [AllAfrica.com - 11/16/2009]
Amnesty: Is Government Stuck? [Nigeria Guardian - 11/15/2009]
Nigeria misses militant deadline [BBC - 11/12/2009]
Pension - FG Raises Ex-Biafrans' Hopes [AllAfrica.com - 11/09/2009]
Caught In The Web Of Slow Bureaucracy [Nigeria Guardian - 11/08/2009]
ODUMAKIN: Return To True Federalism Imperative ... [Nigeria Guardian - 11/08/2009]
Govt Grateful To All Stakeholders, Says Akunyili [Nigeria Guardian - 11/08/2009]
Niger Delta - This Opportunity Must Not Slip [o... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/06/2009]
Former Nigerian militant leaders decry slow amn... [Individual.com - 11/05/2009]
Skepticism Greets Niger Delta Oil Plan [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/04/2009]
Nigeria: Ex-Militants Report to Camp November 11 [AllAfrica.com - 11/04/2009]
Nigeria to re-train ex-rebels [News24.com - 11/03/2009]
Nigeria: Okah Still Threatens Violence in Niger... [AllAfrica.com - 11/03/2009]
Nigeria to begin re-training ex-oil rebels [Yahoo! Canada - 11/03/2009]
AU panel, Sudan list steps to end Darfur crisis [Nigeria Guardian - 10/30/2009]
Edo PDP in the process of reconciliation, unity [Nigeria Guardian - 10/30/2009]
Who is Mr. President: YarAdua or Abbe?! [Vanguard - 10/30/2009]
“Arise, O compatriots…” (Booooo!) [Vanguard - 10/29/2009]
FG says military hardware acquisition not respo... [Business Day Nigeria - 10/28/2009]
FG gets tough on oil thieves - Niger Delta yout... [Nigerian Tribune - 10/26/2009]
Over 15,000 militants surrender arms in Nigeria... [The Middle East - 10/25/2009]
Nigeria: Amnesty - Intrigues of Unmasking the R... [AllAfrica.com - 10/19/2009]
Nigeria: MEND Stirs Fresh Tension in Niger Delta [AllAfrica.com - 10/19/2009]
Nigerian leader to meet main militant group lea... [Xinhua News Agency - 10/19/2009]
Nigerian to begin recovery of arms from militants [Xinhua News Agency - 07/15/2009]
Nigerian President appoints new defense ministe... [Xinhua News Agency - 07/15/2009]

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Nigeria: Niger Delta - Chevron Evacuates 350 Staff [Asian Energy - 06/19/2009] Chesa Chesa, Harris-Okon Emmanuel and Adeola Yusuf18 June 2009Over 700 oil workers on Wednesday fled platforms in the Niger Delta in fear of their lives, as the ...

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