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THE SEMOLIKA EXPEDITION OF 1904: A PARTICIPANT ACCOUNT
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British imperialism in west Africa during the late nineteenth century is known to be the product of the interrelations between expansionist forces at the center of empire and those at the periphery on the one hand, and the relationship between the peripheral forces and African circumstances on the other hand.1 Expansionist forces at Whitehall included nationalistic sentiments and inter-European rivalry, economic considerations, and public reactions to these motivations. Of the expans...
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THE SEMOLIKA EXPEDITION OF 1904: A PARTICIPANT ACCOUNT
History In Africa
; ... himself a wife, unless possessing a skull of his own killing. The news of the reverse was received by the O.C. Troops, Lokoja, on the ... Semolikas, but without success, although acting on supposed reliable news which was brought in frequently by spies, the hills for miles ...
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Britons freed from hijacked Nigerian oil rig
The Independent - London
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Briton and his son seized in Nigeria
The Independent - London
; ... hunting three armed youths who seized the father and son in the southern town of Warri, and fled the scene in a speedboat, local news reports said. Shell International last night named the employee as Martin Westbury, who is the head teacher of the Shell school ...
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Money Struggles and City Life: Devaluation in Ibadan and Other Urban Centers in Southern Nigeria, 1986-1996.(Book Review)
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; ... the effects of globalization and the increasing privatization of state resources by the military. The inclusion of a number of maps and illustrations in addition to the often very useful tables would have improved the book's readability further, but the number ...
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Nigerian footballers drown
The Independent - London
; FOURTEEN FOOTBALLERS drowned when their boat capsized as they returned home from an away match in southern Nigeria. Relatives who crowded the jetty at Warri as bodies were recovered said eight of the 22-man squad had swum to safety after the accident on Sunday.
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British hostage killed in shootout.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; A BRITON among seven oil workers taken hostage yesterday from an Italian ship off the coast of southern Nigeria was killed and an Italian wounded during a rescue attempt that also left two kidnappers and a soldier dead. Gunmen seized the seven hostages overnight from a supply vessel belonging to a
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Shell oil plant in Nigeria is sabotaged
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; Shell oil plant in Nigeria is sabotaged THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 05-04-2008, Sunday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria — Unknown assailants attacked an oil installation in restive southern Nigeria ...
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ENERGY Oil Workers Kidnapped ...
The Washington Post
; ... and gave foreign firms six months to negotiate new contracts. Petrobras, Bolivia's largest energy investor, has the most to lose from nationalization. Compiled from reports by Washington Post staff writers, the Associated Press and Bloomberg News.
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Oil worker shot dead
Evening Standard - London
; A BRITISH oil worker taken hostage from a ship off the coast of southern Nigeria has been killed. The Nigerian navy said the man was shot in crossfire during yesterday's rescue mission.
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TALKS ON FOR PINOY HOSTAGES
The Manila Times
; ... and also with Nigerian authorities on ways to seek the release of the workers," DFA Spokesman Gilbert Asuque told the ABS-CBN News Channel in an interview. The contractor said it had "put in place a mechanism to contact the group that took the three overseas ...
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