Bush meets with Nigerian president at White House
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua met with U.S. President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on December 13, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Nigeria's government plans to allocate 10 percent of its oil revenue for the troubled Niger Delta region, which produces most of the country's crude, in a new bid to stamp out a tribal insurgency that has cut oil output by one-third.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government proposed a deal to transfer a portion of its oil and gas revenue to the residents of the Niger Delta, officials said.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Hopes were raised Friday that the end of a five-year conflict that has ravaged one of Africa's largest oil industries may be in sight after a senior rebel chieftain made a last-minute acceptance of a government amnesty.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A state-owned Chinese oil giant is negotiating to buy up one-sixth of Nigeria's known oil reserves, currently owned by Western energy groups, for a reputed $30 billion to $50 billion.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Top leaders of rebel groups in the Niger Delta have not negotiated amnesty agreements with the government as the deadline approaches.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- As the mid-September deadline for a cease-fire in Nigeria's oil war approaches with no sign of a mass surrender by rebels who have shattered the country's oil production, President Umaru Yar'Adua is preparing for an all-out army offensive, according to published reports.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Nigeria began dredging hundreds of miles on the Niger River to make it navigable to transport goods from the coast to remote interior villages, officials say.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A government amnesty effort in the oil-rich Niger Delta is in danger of collapsing with the main militant group vowing to resume its attacks.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Nigeria's oil war, which has slashed the West African power's output by 20 percent since 2006, looks like dragging on after insurgents in the oil-rich Niger Delta declared they will resume their attacks when a 60-day cease-fire expires Sept. 15.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A Nigerian rebel group handed over about 300 assault rifles, several grenade launchers and ammunition to the government Saturday.
