Nigeria Timeline, Year 2004

Nigeria Timeline, Year 2004

Mikhail Sidorin

From: Mikhail Sidorin Subject: Nigeria Timeline, Year 2004 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:44:07 GMT Nigeria Timeline, Year 2004 __________________________________________ Event of the Year: Oct. 10 2004 Fuel price strike starts __________________________________________ SUMMARY: Jan. 30 Helicopter crashes on Lagos beach May. 5 Muslim leader: 300 killed May. 22 Obasanjo declared state of emergency Jun. 9 Strike over fuel prices Jun. 11 Unions suspend strike Jul. 31 Polio campaign restarted Aug. 19 $248 million to be spent on AIDS drugs Aug. 22 Darfur disarmament plan laid out Sep. 6 Darfur talks deadlocked Sep. 17 Pipeline blast kills 12 Sep. 29 Rebel leader cites deal Oct. 1 Cease-fire reached with rebels Oct. 9 Strike ends, more planned Oct. 10 Fuel price strike starts Dec. 23 '20 die' in fuel blaze Shell cuts Nigerian oil exports __________________________________________ DETAILS: (See more at Nigeria Timeline: http://www.mapreport.com/countries/nigeria.html) Jan. 30 Helicopter crashes on Lagos beach A 25-seat charter helicopter crashed near Nigeria's main commercial city May. 5 Muslim leader: 300 killed 300 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in attacks by Christian militia in the town of Yelwa in the Plateau state May. 22 Obasanjo declared state of emergency President said the state of emergency in part of the country was necessary to quell deadly religious violence: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/05/22/nigeria.violence/index.html Jun. 9 Strike over fuel prices Labor unions have gone on strike, after talks broke off between union leaders and government officials Jun. 11 Unions suspend strike Labor groups representing millions of workers abandoned a crippling 3-day general strike Jul. 31 Polio campaign restarted The state of Kano has resumed vaccinations after an 11-month ban that threatened efforts to eradicate the disease: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3942349.stm Aug. 19 $248 million to be spent on AIDS drugs The nation plans to spend $248 million for 200,000 HIV-infected Nigerians by the end of 2005 Aug. 22 Darfur disarmament plan laid out Nigerian President proposed to give a greater role to African Union troops in restoring peace to Sudan's region Aug. 26 Rebels rejected key conditions of deal An apparent breakthrough aimed at ending the Darfur crisis seems set to be scuppered Sep. 6 Darfur talks deadlocked African Union's chief appealed to both Sudan's government and rebels to move closer to compromise Sep. 17 Pipeline blast kills 12 Explosion in Lagos occurred as fuel thieves punctured a pipeline owned by the state oil company NNPC Sudan talks break up with no deal Peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels have ended without agreement Sep. 29 Rebel leader cites deal Dokubo-Asari and President Obasanjo have agreed that rebel and government will stop firing on each other immediately Oct. 1 Cease-fire reached with rebels The government has signed a cease-fire with 3 groups that had been targeting foreign oil companies in the Delta region: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/01/nigeria.ceasefire/index.html Oct. 9 Strike ends, more planned A two-day warning walkout at Royal Dutch Shell Group was due to end without disrupting supplies Oct. 10 Fuel price strike starts A 4-day general strike. More strikes would follow if a 25% increase was not reversed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3731952.stm Oct. 21 Darfur peace talks delayed The African Union has recommended a 4-day postponement of peace talks after a mix-up left delegates stranded Dec. 23 '20 die' in fuel blaze Fire broke out on sighting the police as the theft was under way, and the pipeline was damaged: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/nigeria.blast/index.html Shell cuts Nigerian oil exports International oil giant has been forced to suspend some exports because of community unrest in the Niger River Delta __________________________________________ Mikhail Sidorin See links to more details at Nigeria Timeline: http://www.mapreport.com/countries/nigeria.html