There were strong indications last night that four oil workers in the Niger Delta taken hostage about two weeks ago, by a group called Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), would be released to the Bayelsa Government. … read more
I am pleased to inform you that the four hostages have been released. Their release occurred in the early hours of today in Yenagoa. Further detail will be provided later in the day. read more
Four foreign oil workers held hostage by a militia in southern Nigeria for more than two weeks were released today, a regional government spokesman said. “They have been released,” said Ekiyor Welson, spokesman for the regional Bayelsa state government. “They … read more
Nigerian militants who released four foreign hostages on Monday said they would continue their attacks on the oil industry with the aim of reducing 30 percent of Nigeria’s exports in February. The group, whose six-week campaign of violence crippled a … read more
Four days after a suspected armed robbery attack on a multinational oil company in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, left nine people dead and N4 million carted away, yet another armed raid has been carried out on an oil … read more
EIGHTEEN days after they were taken hostage by militants in the Niger-Delta, the fate of the four expatriate oil workers appeared uncertain, yesterday, as their captors said they had no intention of releasing them and threatened more could be captured … read more
Foreign oil companies accustomed to high tension in Nigeria�s oil-rich Niger Delta are being forced to grapple with a new level of violence one industry official called �shocking.� In the past two decades, the multinational corporations producing Nigeria�s oil in … read more
Nigerian security officials on Friday released a photograph of four western hostages which had been passed to them by separatist militants, 16 days after the oil workers were taken prisoner. The image, believed to be several days old, shows the … read more
We are confused by this report and can’t get confirmation from any other source. As people are already talking about it we thought we’d post it. Can anyone shed any light on this? From today’s Guardian Newspaper… FOUR more hostages … read more
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday vowed to restore stability to the oil-rich Niger delta. He spoke two days after nine people were killed in an attack on the offices of Italian energy company Agip SpA. The assailants sped off … read more