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Amaechi and Sylva, the two strongmen in Delta for Buhari

Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, is going to have to find a way to be accepted by inhabitants of the [...] (141 words)

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NDDC: Buhari in commando mission to wipe out Wike's PDP

New Oyo governor Oluwaseyi Makinde's penchant for the oil sector

Buhari picks Dokubo and Sylva to appease Delta ahead of 2019 elections

Buhari and Osinbajo bow down to Niger delta militant group

PDP party luminary Uba seeks cash for OPL 2012

Dakuku Peterside lands post at Nimasa with help from pal Rotimi Amaechi

Paul Boroh thinks of post-amnesty times in the Delta

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New race for governorship of oil-rich Bayelsa state

MEND’s leaders turn up heat on Buhari

Former head of amnesty program in Niger Delta joins elite group

Kuku waves goodbye to the Delta

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After many delays, OCP plants Moroccan flag in Niger Delta

How Buhari managed to make peace with Delta king and ex-MEND leader Tompolo

NDDC: Buhari in commando mission to wipe out Wike's PDP

New Oyo governor Oluwaseyi Makinde's penchant for the oil sector

Buhari picks Dokubo and Sylva to appease Delta ahead of 2019 elections

Buhari and Osinbajo bow down to Niger delta militant group

PDP party luminary Uba seeks cash for OPL 2012

Dakuku Peterside lands post at Nimasa with help from pal Rotimi Amaechi

Paul Boroh thinks of post-amnesty times in the Delta

The powers behind Buhari's oil throne

New race for governorship of oil-rich Bayelsa state

MEND’s leaders turn up heat on Buhari

Former head of amnesty program in Niger Delta joins elite group

Kuku waves goodbye to the Delta

Buhari slams amnesty for Delta Militants

James Jephthah, new oil security chief in Bayelsa state

Tonye Princewill

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