Amid reports of sweeping success recorded by the Niger-Delta Security Task Force (JTF) in its current operation aimed at flushing out regrouping militants in the region, a group of suspected militants,reportedly blew up a crude oil pipeline in Delta State. … read more
Total SA could be forced to quit Nigeria if the security situation deteriorates further, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Christophe de Margerie, said weekend. “If it gets worse, we may have to leave,” he told an investor conference in Paris, according … read more
Telkom SA Ltd. (TKG.JO), South Africa’s dominant fixed-line phone company, said Monday it will exit its struggling mobile operation in Nigeria and refocus its African Internet services unit on business customers as it continues to look for ways to recover … read more
Ex-militants undergoing non-violence transformational training at the Obubra Post Amnesty Camp in Cross River State have disassociated themselves from recent spate of attacks in the Niger Delta by MEND and few other groups. Speaking to journalists at the camp in … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 09:32 AM To: chiefoyibo@oyibosonline.com Subject: Nigerian military faulse claim The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D) denies in its totality … read more
The Nigerian army on Saturday said it had arrested a militant leader and 62 of his followers suspected of involvement in a string of recent kidnappings of oil workers, including foreigners. The military said it smoked out the gang in … read more
Nigeria’s military launched a coordinated air, naval and ground assault to free 19 hostages held on militant camps in the oil–rich southern delta, apparently routing the gunmen without causing any casualties. Such an operation in the OPEC–member nation has been … read more
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency said Saturday the seizure of more than 130 kilos of heroin at Lagos port, believed to be shipped from Iran, was destined for Europe. The west African powerhouse is a major transit point for South American cocaine … read more
The creeping collapse of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and one of the world’s largest oil producers, would threaten the interests of the United States and the international community in the region, a veteran U.S. diplomat has cautioned. The warning … read more
Gunmen suspected of being members of an Islamist sect behind a deadly uprising in Nigeria last year shot dead three worshippers at a mosque in a northern city Friday, police and witnesses said. One of two gunmen riding a motorcycle … read more