A Briton held hostage in Nigeria for six months has written a letter to his family on Merseyside. Matthew Maguire, 34, from Birkenhead, was among 27 oil workers taken by The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) … read more
Militants have sabotaged an oil pipeline operated by Chevron Corp. in southern Nigeria, slashing its daily production by more than 10,000 barrels, the company said Monday. Military authorities said the attack late last week caused four oil spills. Col. Rabe … read more
Suspected armed militants in gunboats attacked an oil flow station, operated by Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), in the southern Niger Delta early on Monday, a military spokesman said. Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the military taskforce in the western Niger … read more
A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her. Lawal … read more
Violent crime has surged in Nigeria’s oil-rich Southern Niger Delta since militants, who claim to be fighting for a fairer share of the region’s natural resources, launched a campaign of sabotage against the oil industry three years ago. More than … read more
MILITANTS, under the aegis of Watchdogs of Niger Delta, have said the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Rivers state would further worsen security situation in the state, claiming that it failed to look at issues objectively. According … read more
SHELL Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) weekend, expressed concern over the existence of militant camps around its Floating Production Storage Off-Loading vessel (FPSO) , otherwise known as the Sea Eagle ( E.A) Oil Field in Bayelsa State as well as threats … read more
TROOPS of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, yesterday announced intensified efforts towards the arrest of a notorious militant leader, Mr. Woki Godswill Ibralayu, alias Kitikata, accusing him of leading an armed attack on a commercial boat along … read more
Lagos teachers have suspended their strike action over the state government’s inability to pay the previously agreed 27.5% pay increase. The teachers had resumed their strike on 25 February 2009, following the state government’s refusal to effect the increase. The … read more
Nigeria’s cabinet has rejected reforms that would have empowered the judiciary to pick the chairman and board members of the electoral commission. President Umaru Yar’Adua’s cabinet insisted he should retain those powers. Democracy activists called the decision a U-turn and … read more