(MarketWatch) — Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria is “nowhere near” resuming operations despite reports to the contrary, a Shell Nigeria official said Thursday. Shell evacuated its staff from most of its onshore facilities in western Niger Delta following a … read more
The Defence Headquarters, on Thursday, said it had begun �self-cleansing� as part of measures to arrest the growing tension in the Niger Delta. A top military officer, who briefed select journalists in Abuja on the recent explosions in Port Harcourt … read more
Six militant youths suspected to belong to one of the groups that destroy oil wells and platforms, were yesterday paraded by the Eastern Naval Command in Calabar, as they were accused of planning to blow up oil platforms belonging to … read more
Some details on the Mobil problem received from a network source. Late yesterday afternoon reports were received that an armed group had invaded ExxonMobil QIT, Eket and rampaged through the premises. There are reports of weapons having been discharged by … read more
NIGERIA SECURITY REPORT WEEK 17 2006. GENERAL � The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) issued fresh threat on April 25 2006 to conduct a remote controlled car bombing in the Niger Delta in late April 2006. … read more
A bloody protest by Ibeno youths in Akwa Ibom State yesterday left one dead, two others shot, two expatriates kidnapped and several wounded at the Qua Iboe terminal of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited MPN,a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. The … read more
(CNN) — Nigerian militants claimed Saturday that they detonate a car bomb outside an oil refinery in Warri. A Nigerian army spokesman told the French news agency AFP that the blast caused no casualties and only minimal damage. A group … read more
If the threats by the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) are anything to go by, then proponents of the third term – including governors legislators – may no longer be safe anywhere in the country. In a statement made … read more
THERE are indications that the Ogonis would pull out of the proposed peace parley between them and Shell being facilitated by a Presidential Committee headed by Rev. Father Mathew Kukah. In a letter to Kukah by the National Youth Council … read more
A MOBILE policeman and one soldier were among 29 persons arrested by a federal task for offences ranging from pipeline vandalisation to oil theft. They were arrested at various locations in Edo and Delta states. Two other mobile policemen also … read more