Gunmen in Nigeria have taken six Filipinos hostage after attacking their vessel near a key oil terminal in the south. Authorities Saturday said armed men carried out the assault near the Bonny export terminal in the Niger Delta region. Separately, … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday said the situation in the Niger Delta region has remained a nightmare starring his 16 month old administration in the face. He said the crisis in the oil producing areas is scaring away potential investors … read more
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it had released around 19 Nigerian oil workers kidnapped last month but was still holding two Britons and a Ukrainian. “The Nigerian hostages rescued from pirates by the … read more
The military has been called in to help split up a town in south-east Nigeria after bloody clashes between two communities, the state government says. A curfew has been declared for three months while hundreds of families are separated and … read more
The Federal High Court sitting in Jos yesterday said allegations leveled against the leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah are too weighty and serious to be ignored. The court said although a criminal … read more
Military to investigate claims, says VOA; Bombed Elem Tombia sends SOS to Yar’Adua; 25 hostages still held by militants;Why MEND may call off Cease-fire, Okah has case to answer, fit to stand trial, court rules Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the Federal Government is not going to commit a kobo as financial bailout for Nigerian ailing stock market, saying government has no business in carrying out … read more
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that rupture of a feeder pipeline supplying crude oil to the 125,000 barrels per day to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Plant has not disrupted the company’s operation. Group General Manager in charge of … read more
There is tension between the Joint Task Force (JTF) and suspected militant youths in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State over alleged invasion of their camp by troops of the task force. The JTF troops stormed Opuye-Opuye … read more
The woes of the Anglo- Dutch oil giant, Shell P e t r o l e u m Development Company, in the Niger Delta region may be worsened by the eviction notice served it by Erhobaro- Orogun community in Ughelli-North … read more