Some of the most influential groups in Nigeria’s Niger Delta are seeking the release of two British oil workers a day after militants’ holding them said one of them was ill. The militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Asari Dokubo Asari at the weekend, said kidnapping for ransom, killings and other vices were never part of the Niger Delta struggle. He spoke of plans by representatives of the Ijaw … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil workers have said they will embark on an indefinite strike starting Monday to protest the worsening abduction of their members and their relations in the restive Niger Delta oil region. ”The strike is a national directive,” said … read more
ABOUT 60 gunmen, invaded Obele community in Ahoada East Local Government, Rivers State, sacking the entire place. They also abducted eight people, whose whereabouts could not be ascertained at press time. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the men who were armed … read more
The U.S. government on Friday formally charged engineering company KBR Inc (KBR.N) in a $180 million, decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian officials to secure $6 billion in contracts. But former KBR parent Halliburton Co (HAL.N) said last month it would … read more
A military spokesman says kidnappers have released the wife of a former Nigerian energy minister. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said Gladys Daukoru was returned safely to a hotel on Friday. Unidentified gunmen abducted the woman from a bar late Tuesday … read more
Nigerian militants attacked a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) in the Niger Delta on Saturday and warned of more attacks to come, but the army said it had repelled the raid and killed three gunmen. The Movement … read more
British Airways yesterday reacted to allegation leveled against it by Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, that it uses scrappy aircraft on Nigeria routes, adding that it operates one of the most modern fleet in the world. British Airways Commer-cial Manager, … read more
Security agencies in Rivers State, working in close collaboration with the state Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, have come up with a fresh plan to stem the new spate of abductions in the state. Before now, Amaechi, working with security agencies, … read more
The Federal Government on Thursday reported the deaths of 84 children between the ages of two months and seven years from the contaminated “My Pikin” teething mixture. It said that since the case broke in November 2008, the number of … read more