Shell’s Security Update on hostage release and situation at Cawthorne Channel Reference the hostage taking incident at the Cawthorne Channel facility reported by the Port Harcourt ERT Commander over the past two days, I am pleased to inform you of … read more
(MarketWatch) — A Nigerian government official said Friday that a shut-in at the country’s oil rich Niger Delta is in fact 800,000 barrels a day and higher than previously reported. Speaking at an industry event in Lagos, Tony Chukwueke, director … read more
Five South Korean gas workers kidnapped by militants on Wednesday will be released soon after a plea from a jailed militant leader in whose name the men were abducted, a militant group involved said on Thursday. Militants from three different … read more
FIVE South Koreans working for a conglomerate, Daewoo and Korea Gas Corporation, were kidnapped by militants yesterday. The militants who were heavily armed stormed the Cawthorne Channel Gas Plant, Degema, Rivers State, where they kidnapped the oil workers and allegedly … read more
Five Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a raid on an oil field in which five South Koreans were kidnapped, a group of oil militants says. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it might swap … read more
THE Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday shattered the hope of the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo for freedom as it dismissed his prayer for bail. The court held that his admission to … read more
Militants attacked a natural gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria’s southern delta on Wednesday, killing at least four soldiers and kidnapping five South Korean contractors. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which launched … read more
Latest abduction by militants highlights mounting insecurity in Niger delta. Five South Koreans and a Nigerian were kidnapped and six soldiers were killed during a militant attack between 24.00 and 01.00 on 7 June near Port Harcourt (Rivers state). The … read more
Two men were killed and a woman seriously wounded at Idama (Ekulama Community), Akuku Toru Council of Rivers State when gunmen sailing in speedboats opened fire on the waterfront of the community. Althouth the identity of the attackers could not … read more
WARRI � IJAW Youth Council (IYC) has warned the multinational oil companies working on the new Federal Government’s Liquefied Natural Gas Project at Olokola, Ogun state to be alert when laying pipelines for the project across Ijaw communities in order … read more