ANOTHER alleged attack on oil facilities in Delta State by militants has been refuted by the Joint Task Force (JTF). The military said yesterday that it foiled an attempt by suspected militants to attack the Abiteye flowstation in Delta State. … read more
An oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Ilado, a Lagos suburb, exploded at the weekend leaving scores of persons injured. Eleven fuel boats believed to be owned by some vandals who had gone to scoop … read more
THE lingering crisis in the restive Niger Delta region appears to have entered a second stage as the Nigerian Army, on Saturday evening, commenced the movement of some brand-new armoured tanks into the region. The development has heightened apprehension in … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Monday it had sabotaged an oil pumping station in the Niger Delta operated by Chevron, the fifth attack claimed against the U.S. energy company in less than a month. Chevron facilities in the southern … read more
Rebels in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta said Monday they had attacked a pumping station run by US oil giant Chevron and warned FIFA against letting Nigeria host the under-17 World Cup tournament. Rebels of the Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
Nigeria’s opposition Action Congress (AC) has asked the federal government to investigate the circumstances surrounding a pact supposedl y signed between Nigerian state governors and Harvard University in the US for the training of the Nigerian state chief executives on … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said Saturday it attacked and blew up another oil well owned by Chevron in Nigeria’s southern Delta state. Jomo Gbomo, a MEND spokesman, said in a statement that the … read more
The federal government may have to look beyond the Nigerian shores in order to apprehend wanted Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. Sunday Sun confirmed at the weekend that the militant kingpin left the country at night in … read more
A Briton held hostage for nine months in southern Nigeria’s swamps has told how he feared he might never be freed. Oil worker Matthew Maguire, 35, of Birkenhead, Merseyside, was released on Friday by the Niger Delta militants who had … read more
As the search for the 12 missing soldiers at the Niger Delta creeks continue, Rabe Abubakar, the spokesman of the Joint Task Force on Niger Delta crisis has dismissed the report that a mass grave where the missing soldiers were … read more