February 17 in the History of Nigeria.

        On this day in 2009, Gunmen attacked two oil facilities operated by Royal Dutch Shell, in Southern part of Nigeria.  A local militant leader claimed responsibility for the attack in a letter and threatened further violence.
             

             More so, on this day in 2014, Niger security officials...
arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from Nigeria who were suspected of planning attacks in Niger’s south east border town of  Diffa.

            The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), said they are battling to force the federal government to devote more oil-industry funds to the southern region, which remains deeply poor despite its great natural bounty.