Suspected car bomb at military barracks may be linked to militant group The militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on 19 April claimed responsibility for a suspected car bomb that detonated inside Port Harcourt’s Bori military … read more
The Nigerian militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) denied army claims Thursday that that the driver of a rigged vehicle in Wednesday’s car bomb at a military barracks in the southern city of Port Harcourt was … read more
Nigeria’s president has promised thousands more jobs and a new motorway for the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Olusegun Obasanjo told officials from the troubled states that new jobs would be created in the military, police and the state oil company. … read more
About 13:10 hrs today a small craft with armed men was sighted in the creek south of Aggrey Road, Old Town, PH. This was followed by intensive gunfire; target not known. Spent rounds have fallen as far as Odi St, … read more
Have received a report that the group had targetted the UBA bank in Hospital Road (just north of Aggrey Rd) that was due to receive/had just received a large cash delivery. There was a confrontation by the police and lots … read more
SECURITY INCIDENT REPORT JANUARY � MARCH 2006 This report has been compiled using information received from the diplomatic communities, security consultants and expatriates within Nigeria. In addition some items have been taken from press reports. Whilst we try to ensure … read more
A new group, Movement for the Sovereign State of the Niger Delta (MSSND) has debunked the claim by another group that the Ijaw are planning for a guerilla warfare with the Federal Government. The National Coordinator of the MSSND, Mr. … read more
The threat by Ijaw militants to launch fresh attacks on oil companies in the Niger Delta area ment oil companies buckled in their plans to resume operations. More than 500,000 barrels per day remain shut in. Fears of the continued … read more
NIGERIA SECURITY REPORT WEEK 15 2006. GENERAL � Over One Hundred (100) people were reportedly killed in intra land dispute in QuanPan Local Government of Plateau State. Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew … read more
THE Ijaw National Congress (INC) has laid down conditions for peace and demanded that the impoverished Niger Delta should produce the next president in 2007. �The Ijaw can no longer be mere spectators but would want to be effective participants … read more