Nigerian militants said on Thursday they attacked another oil pipeline in the Niger Delta, hours after the newly appointed chief of defence staff sought to rally troops in the region. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), … read more
Nigerian most prominent rebel group said it has released two South African citizens kidnapped last week in the restive Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In an email to media organizations, the group said: �The Movement for the Emancipation of the … read more
Two South African hostages seized last week by pirates along with 25 other people aboard a vessel in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing region were freed on Tuesday, the military said. Government army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Sagir Musa said the pair was released … read more
The most prominent armed group in southern Nigeria said early Wednesday it has destroyed the Orubiri flow station operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Rivers state. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it … read more
Facts have emerged that the erstwhile Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may have been involved in a white heroin trafficking network which operated in Chicago and some parts of Indiana and led by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande between … read more
Early yesterday, editors thought they had got the story of the year when a �newsflash� was sent to their e-mail addresses from �Newsagency Nigeria�, thro-ugh newsagency nig@yahoo.com, announcing that �President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua may resign after carbinate (cabinet) reshuffle, on … read more
Militants say they have destroyed an oil pipeline that crosses southern Nigeria in the latest attack to hit the restive crude-pumping region. ADVERTISEMENT The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says in an emailed statement Wednesday that it … read more
*Says it’s propaganda, *Shell shuts Alakiri flow station, *Security beef-up in Bayelsa THE Defence Headquarters dismissed, yesterday, any suggestion of an �oil war,� the type the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) claimed to have declared on Sunday. … read more
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has no plans to resign, his spokesman said on Tuesday, responding to local media reports that he was planning to step down because of health problems. “It is absolutely rubbish. There is no such thing. The … read more
Following a threat of �oil war� by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the Joint (Military) Task Force (JTF) has vowed to take the fight to the creeks to �flush out� criminal elements in the oil-producing … read more