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Old 30th Jan 2009, 19:12
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MamaPut
 
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Angry Port Harcourt Deteriorates Further

Things just continue to deteriorate in Port Harcourt.

Yesterday an attempted kidnapping of the 2 children of a Nigerian Shell employee went badly wrong, resulting in a young girl, only 11 years old being murdered while trying to stop her 8 year old brother being kidnapped. The children were leaving their house to go to school. It seems there are no depths to which these depraved criminals will not descend. The young boy is still being held.

Meanwhile, MEND announced that as the result of an attack on the camp of militant leader Ateke Tom, near Cawthorne Channel, it would end a four-month ceasefire from 0100 (0000 GMT) on Saturday.

On a slightly lighter note, the NCAA has downgraded the Port Harcourt International Airport from grade eight to seven, citing lack of adequate fire fighting equipment to serve wide-body aircraft during an emergency.
News about the downgrade came just as African Petroleum Plc reduced the price of aviation fuel prices, by 44 per cent – a development that will have a spill-over effect on air fares in Nigeria ’s domestic operations.
The implication of the downgrade of the Port Harcourt Airport is that only smaller aircraft can now land and take off from the airport until FAAN meets the condition specified by NCAA.
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