Update: cut and paste the following link into your browser. Looks like I was right and the following warning is rubbish. Thanks to Ian for sending the link http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blppa.htm Original Post: This seems like one of those stupid chain e-mail … read more
Threat of further militant attacks in Niger delta underlines need for extreme vigilance. The militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on 25 April stated that it would launch another car-bomb attack in the region following after … read more
NOT YET IN THE PRESS:- Intensive Gunfight in Trans Amadi Near Slaughter Junction 25/26 APR 06 For almost 2 hours from around 23:30hrs on 25 Apr the police engaged robbers who attacked the Oceanic Bank in an intensive gun battle. … read more
LAGOS – The US energy giant ExxonMobil has evacuated non-essential staff from Nigeria’s largest oil export terminal amid fears it could be attacked by armed militants, a company spokesman said Tuesday. ExxonMobil’s Qua Iboe facility in southeastern Nigeria handles exports … read more
(MarketWatch) — Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) maintained that production and loading are normal at its Nigerian exploration and production arm Tuesday, despite reports that the company had evacuated staff from its operations. All personnel except for security at the company’s … read more
The Nigerian government must take the lead in ending discrimination against millions of “non-indigenes” — citizens who cannot show that their family roots are native to the community in which they live — in part to better secure the country’s … read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reported that hostage taking and general disruptions in the exploration of crude oil by militant Niger Delta youths cost the country N29,364,804,000 in February alone. The bank�s monthly report for February 2006 released … read more
FOLLOWING the vandalisation of its pipeline in Ughelli South Council of Delta State, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) may shut down its Otorogu Gas plant in the area. The pipeline, which carries a quick-burning and highly inflammable industrial fuel … read more
NIGERIA SECURITY REPORT WEEK 16 2006. GENERAL � President Olusegun Obasanjo on April 18 2006 announced plans to recruit over 20,000 indigenes of the Niger Delta into the military, police, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and as teachers in … read more
President Olusegun Obasanjo last Tuesday announced plans to recruit over 20,000 indigenes of the Niger Delta into the military, police, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and as teachers in the next three months. The measure is part of a … read more