PORT HARCOURT � suspected cultists in Marine Base reportedly killed a youth in the early hours of yesterday. Sources in the area who narrated the incident to Vanguard said the assailants numbering over ten stormed the deceased’s residence around 2am. … read more
A WAVE of rallies yesterday swept through some cities in the Niger Delta area, with the organisers calling for a South-South President next year. The protests took place in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Asaba, the capitals of Cross River, Rivers … read more
Gunmen storm an oil rig 40 miles offshore in the dead of night and capture eight foreign workers. Hostages are held in remote creeks for 38 days. Militants use mobile phones to blow up a car bomb at an army … read more
The devices will monitor, detect and prevent the frequent vandalisation of oil pipelines and the destruction of oil installations across the country. And oil companies are willing to pay for the modern security system in the form of security tax. … read more
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has decided to investage the May 2, 2006 face-off between Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) and its host communities, just as the federal government has released the six suspected militant youths from Ibeno in Akwa … read more
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES 3. Militant Raid and Kidnapping. Armed Militants raided an offshore oil rig in Nigeria before dawn on Friday, abducting eight (08) foreign oil workers which include six (06) Britons, one (01) American and one (01) Canadian. No group … read more
(Reuters) – Negotiators in Nigeria’s oil-producing southern delta were seeking the release on Saturday of eight foreign workers kidnapped from an oil rig by gunmen demanding jobs and development for their community. Six Britons, one Canadian and one American were … read more
A MAJOR oil spill has forced Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, to cut production by 50,000 barrels per day in Nembe, Bayelsa State. �We have closed down four flowstations as a result of a spill at our Nembe Creek trunk line. … read more
BARELY two days after he effected a change in the military hierarchy, President Olusegun Obasanjo extended the same measure to the cabinet yesterday. Five ministers and a minister of state were affected in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) reshuffle announced … read more
British and U.S. diplomats in Nigeria were checking reports on Friday of an attack on an offshore oil rig in which up to six Britons, two Americans and a Canadian were taken hostage, the diplomats said. Security sources said the … read more