A French oil firm says gunmen attacked a boat off the coast Cameroon, killing five people, including three Cameroonian guards for Perenco’s offshore oil field. The Associated Press has identified the other two victims in the attack late Tuesday night … read more
Another armed group, which identified itself as the Niger Delta Liberation Force under the leadership of General John Togo, said in an e-mailed statement to reporters yesterday it was “no longer part of the fraudulent amnesty” and will target oil … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second such raid for which it has claimed responsibility in a week. The U.S. … read more
Authorities in Nigeria’s southern state of Akwa Ibom said on Monday they had arrested more than 400 people as part of a clampdown on rampant kidnappings for ransom in the region. Abductions of foreign oil workers and prominent Nigerians have … read more
The Abia Police Command has said 38 of its officers to kidnappers in the last few months. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Jonathan Johnson, made this known on Monday in Umuahia, while presenting the arms surrendered by some … read more
Suspected members of Nigeria’s Islamic fundamentalist group ‘Boko Haram’ have killed a soldier in Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state, in continuation of their attack on security agents and political leaders. The local press reported Monday that the soldier, identified … read more
Nigeria, which narrowly avoided a diplomatic spat with Iran over the importation of military-grade weapons into the African nation, may report the illegals arms shipment from Iran to the UN Security Council Tuesday, the local media reported Monday. Nigeria’s Foreign … read more
Nigeria’s special joint military force has arrested over 400 suspected kidnappers in four oil-producing states in the Niger Delta in under seven weeks, an army spokesman said on Sunday. “From the start of our operation on September 28, 2010 to … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group in its oil-rich southern delta has released a list of hostage names taken from an offshore oil rig. In an e-mailed communique Friday morning, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta identified the seven … read more
Nigerian workers on Wednesday called off a strike begun earlier in the day that had shut down government offices and public services, but vowed to keep pushing for a new minimum wage. Two main labour unions after emergency talks said … read more