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Ex-militants protest against unpaid stipends

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Bank security guard finds and returns lost $10,000 to bank

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A security guard with the United Bank for Africa, Mohammed Ogbanago, who returned $10,000 (about N2.8m) misplaced by a customer, has said he was ridiculed for the action. He explained that he returned the money to show that all Nigerians were not corrupt and to set a good example for Nigerian youths. T he 29-year-old, a  Kogi State indigene who earns N30,000 (about $100) per month, h ad on April 7, 2016, found the $10,000 close to the main gate of the Oba Akran branch of the UBA, where he worked as a security guard. The money was said to have fallen from an $84,500 withdrawn by a bank customer, the  security guard  found  it  and  sent it  to the bank’s operations manager, who then handed it over to the customer when he revisited the bank. Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Tony Elumelu, hosted Ogbanago at the bank’s corporate headquarters on the Lagos Island.  He was reportedly applauded by the bank’s leadership for the action, which it said was exemplary.  The

Niger Delta Avengers blow up 5 oil facilities in a row

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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have launched fresh attacks on major oil and gas installations in Delta region. Chevron, NPDC and NNPC facilities were reportedly blown up by one strike team. The attacks took place on Friday, Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Delta state, leaving at least five facilities incapacitated, according to the militants. The NDA as usual reported about their new attacks on the oil and gas producing facilities belonging to Chevron, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on twitter. See their tweets below: At 9:15pm on Friday the @NDAvengers blow up Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Crude Oil Trunk Line to Warri Refinery. — Niger Delta Avengers (@NDAvengers) July 2, 2016 At 11:26pm on Saturday @NDAvengers blow up two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan flowstation in Delta state. — Niger Delta Avengers (@NDAvengers) July 3, 2016 ALL FIVE OPERATIONS WA