NOC and Chevron sign MOU for assessment of unconventional oil and shale gas resources in Libya

29 april 2026 - 16:19:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with American company Chevron [...] Full text...

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Governor of Central Bank of Libya (CBL) holds talks with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury on Libya’s financial and economic situation

17 april 2026 - 16:52:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Mohamed Issa, and his delegation Thursday [...] Full text...

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Libya, US oil giant sign MoU to study offshore oil block

27 march 2026 - 11:49:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), Massoud Souleiman, on Thursday announced the signing [...] Full text...

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Senior US official, Libyan PM Aldabaiba discuss economic cooperation

25 january 2026 - 15:23:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, on Sunday highlighted a “good discussion” [...] Full text...

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Libya signs major agreements with global oil companies

24 january 2026 - 12:06:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has signed major agreements with global oil giants to boost the oil sector and generate [...] Full text...

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Libya, Greece in talks on their exclusive economic zone

22 september 2025 - 15:13:25
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Sunday that Libya and Greece have started talks on [...] Full text...

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Libya announces 4 billion barrels of untapped oil reserves

26 august 2025 - 14:42:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) estimates that oil the country's untapped oil reserves stand at [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Congo’s oil operators give two tonnes of health equipment in the fight against coronavirus

09 april 2020 - 23:04:23
  Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Association of Congo’s oil operators (AOPC) Thursday donated health equipment to the Congolese government within [...] Full text...

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Anohu named AfDB Investment Forum chief

03 september 2019 - 19:02:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) late Tuesday named Chinelo Anohu head of the Bank's Africa Investment [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Anohu named AfDB Investment Forum chief

03 september 2019 - 18:26:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) late Tuesday named Chinelo Anohu head of the Bank's Africa Investment [...] Full text...

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African Development Bank ranked 4th best company to work for in Africa

29 june 2018 - 18:44:00
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 2018 Careers in Africa Employer of Choice Survey has ranked the African Development Bank [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Navy vows to protect oil, gas facilities in Niger Delta

06 november 2017 - 19:33:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following recent threats by the militant group in Nigeria, the Niger Delta Avengers, to resume hostilities [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up main oil export pipeline

25 october 2016 - 18:41:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Ahead of the proposed negotiations between the Niger Delta leaders and the Federal Government of Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up more pipelines

08 july 2016 - 13:50:01
Abuja, Nigeria - (PANA) - The Niger Delta militants Friday morning blew up crude oil pipelines in Nigeria’s southern [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up more oil pipelines

07 july 2016 - 15:17:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Niger Delta Avengers strike team has blown up more oil pipelines belonging to Chevron, the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up 5 crude oil pipelines

03 july 2016 - 11:12:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The militant group in Nigeria's Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Sunday announced [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up Chevron flow station, deny ceasefire agreement with govt.

08 june 2016 - 15:48:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Niger Delta militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, Wednesday blew up Chevron’s Dibi Flow Station, a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Navy arrests top Niger Delta Avenger militant, two others

07 june 2016 - 19:05:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspected top leader of the militant [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Police chief urges Nigerians to ignore threat of militants

06 june 2016 - 22:17:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Monday urged Nigerians not to lose sleep over the threats [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Militant group blows up 2 oil wells belonging to Chevron

01 june 2016 - 13:25:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s new militant group, the Niger Delta Avenger (NDA), on Wednesday morning blew up two oil [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militant group threatens attack on Nigeria's oil blocs

12 may 2016 - 16:27:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A leading militant group in Nigeria’s oil region, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Thursday said their [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian military to deal with Niger Delta militants over destruction of oil infrastructure

10 may 2016 - 19:07:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military on Tuesday signalled its determination to deal with militants in the Niger Delta [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Niger Delta militants blow up Chevron major oil platform

05 may 2016 - 17:52:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Despite deployment of a new batch of military personnel to the Niger Delta region to safeguard [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tax dodging by multinationals costs countries US$240 billion annually - Oxfam

14 april 2016 - 08:56:18
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tax dodging by multinational companies costs countries around the world up to US$240 billion [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Group seeks to 'unlock' over US$100bn potential in Nigerian mineral resources

17 november 2015 - 10:24:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - CSR-in-Action, Nigeria's premier business and ethical networking platform and consultancy for sustainability, has announced plans to [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Kosmos Energy announces gas discovery off Mauritanian coast

27 april 2015 - 21:37:08
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – An American energy company, Kosmos Energy, on Monday announced it has made huge discoveries of gas [...] Full text...

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Congo: Washington to strengthen cooperation with Congo on oil

21 november 2014 - 21:21:39
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The US ambassador in Congo, Stephanie Sullivan, on Friday announced in Brazzaville that her country will [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: World trapped by ‘Toxic Triangle’ that puts profit for few ahead of future for all - Oxfam

17 october 2014 - 09:37:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - People around the world are trapped in a ‘toxic triangle’ made up of short-term [...] Full text...

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US: Obama issues memorandum to spur trade, investment in Africa

05 august 2014 - 18:01:55
Washington DC, US (PANA) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a Presidential Memorandum, entitled: 'Establishing a Comprehensive Approach [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Media report two public apologies by government, opposition leader’s declaration

22 march 2014 - 07:08:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two public apologies by the government in one week and the declaration of the main opposition [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Nigeria agrees to give Ghana 'continuous supply of gas'

20 march 2014 - 19:46:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigeria says it will give Ghana continuous supply of gas to power its thermal power plants [...] Full text...

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Congo: Oil firms urged to further reduce gas flaring

18 february 2014 - 12:43:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese environmentalists Tuesday urged the heads of oil companies operating in the country to further reduce [...] Full text...

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International oil firms set eyes on Somalia for hydrocarbon development

06 september 2013 - 12:27:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Somalia, slowly recovering from over two decades of anarchy, has continued to face substantial [...] Full text...

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Nigerian oil militants threaten attack on independence day

05 september 2013 - 08:45:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), an umbrella group for Nigeria's oil [...] Full text...

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Study shows increasing oil, gas demand in South Africa

12 august 2013 - 14:50:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South Africa’s crude oil consumption over a 10-year period, starting 2012, will rise steadily, [...] Full text...

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Congo, Angola to jointly exploit Lianzi oil field

19 june 2013 - 18:35:36
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese and Angolan government officials rose from their meeting in Pointe-Noire Tuesday, agreeing to jointly exploit [...] Full text...

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Nigerian oil workers threaten strike over "anti-labour moves" in multinationals

07 june 2013 - 07:41:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The powerful Nigerian oil workers' union, the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), [...] Full text...

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Bodies of 10 drowned sailors recovered in Nigeria

31 may 2013 - 18:00:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Divers have recovered the bodies of 10 sailors who drowned when their anchor handling tugboat sank [...] Full text...

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Fresh Abacha loot, baby thieves, looming power and fuel scarcity reported in Nigeria

13 april 2013 - 08:27:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fresh Abacha loot, discovered by the government, two baby thieves arrested by the police, demand for [...] Full text...

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Nigerians brace for more electricity cuts

11 april 2013 - 15:37:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has said there will be more power cuts [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court to deliver judgment in Nigeria oil pollution case Friday

13 december 2012 - 10:13:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice sitting in Nigeria's South-west city of Ibadan will deliver judgment [...] Full text...

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Congo, Angola authorize Chevron to explore joint oil field

30 july 2012 - 12:25:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo and Angola have signed an agreement allowing US oil firm Chevron to explore the oil [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's main opposition party wants oil firms punished for pollution

18 march 2012 - 14:32:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has sharply criticized the federal government for allegedly [...] Full text...

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MEND renews threat against oil firms, installations

06 february 2012 - 16:53:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Monday reiterated its plan to attack [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: AI says Shell has had 'disastrous impact' on Niger Delta

04 august 2011 - 17:54:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The global rights group, Amnesty International (AI), responding to a UN report on the effects of [...] Full text...

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US senior energy official visits Angolan province

01 august 2011 - 15:25:52
Cabinda, Angola (PANA) - The US Assistance Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the Energy Department, David B. Sandalow, [...] Full text...

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US bids outgoing Angolan Ambassador farewell

26 july 2011 - 13:37:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of State has formally sent forth the outgoing Angolan Ambassador to the [...] Full text...

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GCLME countries seek regional policy on use of oil dispersants

22 june 2011 - 20:34:12
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Reach back momentarily to 1989 and the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill. The disaster alerted the [...] Full text...

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World leaders commit to global action against mother-to-child HIV transmission

10 june 2011 - 10:26:29
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders meeting in New York at the 8-10 June 2011 UN High Level meeting [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's gas revolution attracts US$ 25b investments, creates jobs

24 march 2011 - 18:43:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in the capital city of Abuja that with the full [...] Full text...

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Chevron donates US$ 200,000 to equip schools in Angolan province

10 march 2011 - 15:17:48
Cabinda, Angola (PANA) - About US$ 200,000 was handed over by the US oil giant, Chevron, and associates Bloco-0, to [...] Full text...

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Japan gives Angola US$ 4.5m to fight polio

25 january 2011 - 16:13:38
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Japan has provided Angola with US$ 4.5 million for the fight against malaria, the deputy chief [...] Full text...

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Chevron doles US$ 3m on fishing in Angola

01 august 2010 - 17:50:00
Cabinda- Angola (PANA) -- About 3,000 fishermen in fishing communities of distric ts of Cabinda (headquarters) and Cacongo, northern Cabinda [...] Full text...

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Chevron holds seminar on investment projects in Angola

30 july 2010 - 14:20:00
Cabinda- Angola (PANA) -- The US Oil Company, Chevron, Thursday held a seminar on investment projects in northern Cabinda province [...] Full text...

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Investors stake 2.74 billion naira on equities at Nigerian bourse

08 june 2010 - 19:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Tuesday staked 2. 742 billion naira [...] Full text...

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US spends US$ 1.7m annually on community programmes in Angola

06 april 2010 - 19:21:00
Cabinda- Angola (PANA) -- About US$ 1. 7 million is spent every year by the US Gov ernment on community [...] Full text...

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Japanese company commits US$ 10m to fight HIV/AID 2010-2019

18 march 2010 - 11:24:00
Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- The Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. (Takeda), Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, on Wednesday announced a huge [...] Full text...

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Chevron spends US$ 5m to fight malaria in Angola

05 march 2010 - 17:19:00
Caxito- Angola (PANA) -- The Anglo-Dutch oil giants, Chevron, in partnership with the Angolan government in the fight against malaria, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian bourse ends week up-beat

06 february 2010 - 18:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A turnover of 2. 73 billion shares worth 18. 94 billion na ira in 36,457 deals [...] Full text...

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MEND 'sanctioned' Chevron pipeline attack in Nigeria

10 january 2010 - 10:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has said it 'sanctioned' Friday's [...] Full text...

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Nigerian militants attack oil pipeline in 'warning' strike

19 december 2009 - 09:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The tenuous ceasefire in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region was threatened Saturday when the region's largest [...] Full text...

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Niger Delta: Shell, ELF want ECOWAS Court suit dismissed

11 october 2009 - 12:40:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Oil firms Shell and Elf have asked the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Nigerian bourse ends week on low note

06 september 2009 - 09:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A turnover of 2. 1 billion shares worth 13. 2 billion nair a in 29,963 deals [...] Full text...

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Indian energy firm buys 50% shares in Kenyan refinery

31 july 2009 - 16:52:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Indian firm, Essar Energy Overseas Limited, has complete d the acquisition of 50 per cent stake [...] Full text...

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Nigeria NGO drags govt, oil firms to ECOWAS Court over pollution

26 july 2009 - 08:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A Nigerian Non-Governmental Organisation Socio-Economic Rights Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd; Agip Nigeria PLC; Chevron Oil [...] Full text...

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MEND 'destroys' repaired Chevron pipeline in Nigeria

10 july 2009 - 23:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) said Friday its fighters had destroyed a [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian govt., 2 foreign firms sign oil prospecting deal

08 july 2009 - 15:53:00
Yaoundé- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian government and the Noble Energy Inc. and Petronas Carigali Overseas Sdn Bhd companies [...] Full text...

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Chevron 'shuts' five facilities, 'evacuates' 600 staffers in Nigeria

08 july 2009 - 09:43:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After bearing the brunt of recent attacks by Nigeria's o il militants, American oil giant Chevron [...] Full text...

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MEND claims two more attacks on Shell, Agip facilities

08 july 2009 - 08:32:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main oil militants said Wednesday they have de stroyed two more oil pipelines operated by [...] Full text...

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'Militant attacks shut in 589,000bpd in Nigeria'

07 july 2009 - 09:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Twelve militant attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria's o il producing Niger Delta region caused a [...] Full text...

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MEND 'blows' up key Chevron facility

06 july 2009 - 07:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has blown up the strategic [...] Full text...

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MEND 'attacks' Shell facility again

05 july 2009 - 09:57:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) claimed Sunday it had attacked [...] Full text...

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MEND scoffs at amnesty offer

27 june 2009 - 10:29:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) has practically scoffed at the [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria's oil production takes beating from militants'

24 june 2009 - 22:28:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Oil firms operating in Nigeria Wednesday took turns to i nform the National Assembly how the [...] Full text...

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Shell confirms MEND's attack

21 june 2009 - 10:20:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell Sunday confirmed that the Mo vement for the Emancipation of the Niger [...] Full text...

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MEND claims another attack against Shell pipeline

21 june 2009 - 09:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) claimed Sunday it had attacked [...] Full text...

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MEND 'blows up' Shell pipeline

18 june 2009 - 07:25:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) said it used explosives to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military denies MEND attack against Chevron

15 june 2009 - 13:52:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The military Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in Nigeri a's Niger Delta region has denied claims [...] Full text...

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MEND claims 4th attack against Chevron in one week

15 june 2009 - 07:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the fourth time in a week, the Movement for the Eman cipation of the Niger [...] Full text...

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MEND 'attacks' Chevron again

14 june 2009 - 08:28:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- For the second time in as many days, the Movement for th e Emancipation of the [...] Full text...

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MEND claims fresh attacks on Chevron pipelines

13 june 2009 - 09:53:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said on Saturday it had attacked [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military confirms Chevron facility fire, denies it is sabotage

10 june 2009 - 09:16:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian military Wednesday confirmed that a facilit y of US oil giant Chevron in Delta [...] Full text...

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MEND ''attacks'' Chevron flow station

10 june 2009 - 08:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A day after the expiration of its ultimatum to oil compa nies to leave Nigeria's oil [...] Full text...

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MEND ultimatum expires, military says no cause for alarm

09 june 2009 - 10:31:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Major local and foreign oil firms are taking precautiona ry measures to ensure the safety of [...] Full text...

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Attempt to attack Total facility repelled in Nigeria

26 may 2009 - 15:12:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's security forces Tuesday repelled an attempt by suspected criminals to steal pipelines from a facility [...] Full text...

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18 soldiers feared killed in Niger Delta war

26 may 2009 - 07:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Some 18 soldiers, including two officers and 16 rank and file, are missing in action and [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military confirms militant attacks on oil pipelines

25 may 2009 - 13:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian military Monday confirmed the claim by the Niger Delta oil militants that it had [...] Full text...

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MEND 'destroys' oil pipelines to 5 flow stations

25 may 2009 - 07:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (ME ND) said on Monday it had [...] Full text...

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Nigerian militant attacks cut gas supply to industries, power plants

18 may 2009 - 11:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Weekend's attacks on two key oil and gas pipelines in Ni geria's Niger Delta region, as [...] Full text...

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Investors stake 1.45 billion naira on equities at Nigerian bourse

11 february 2009 - 20:42:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (N SE) on Wednesday placed the sum [...] Full text...

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Chad realised US$ 3 billion from oil exploration

04 february 2009 - 15:13:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Chad realised nearly 1,500 billion CFA francs (more than US$ 3 billion) from oil exploration in [...] Full text...

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Investors stake 1.82 billion naira on equities at Nigerian bourse

02 february 2009 - 21:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday staked 1. 826 billion [...] Full text...

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Nigerian bourse ends week in upward trading

24 january 2009 - 15:49:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this week ended on an upward [...] Full text...

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Market capitalization records downturn at Nigerian bourse

21 january 2009 - 21:02:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Market capitalization on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday dropped to 5. [...] Full text...

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Investors stake 1.12 billion naira on banking stocks at Nigerian bourse

13 january 2009 - 19:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (N SE) Tuesday placed the sum of [...] Full text...

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Investors stake 1.47 billion naira on banking stocks at Nigerian bourse

09 january 2009 - 18:11:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Investors at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) placed a total 1. 479 billion naira on the [...] Full text...

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