A petrol tanker burst into flames Thursday in Nigeria’s main city Lagos, killing at least 12 people and leaving several others with severe burns, witnesses and local television said Thursday. “The accident occurred when the the driver of the petrol … read more
The Nigerian military is investigating five corpses found floating in the Nembe creeks on Monday, two days after three soldiers and four civilians went missing when a boat in which they were traveling was attacked by suspected militants along the … read more
(Reuters) – The Nigerian army on Tuesday accused local politicians of backing gunmen who killed a group of soldiers and civilians last week in the Niger Delta, where crime and violence have seriously hit oil output. The three soldiers were … read more
(Reuters) – Nigerian gunmen opposed to their country’s handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon attacked a Cameroonian security patrol, a military source and a spokesman for the militant group said on Tuesday. The Cameroonian military source said Cameroonian forces … read more
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pays $6 million to Niger Delta militants as “protection fee� monthly, the House of Representatives Committee on Finance investigating the alleged non remittance of revenue collected by government agencies from 1999 to March 2008 … read more
Reuters) – The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end its campaign. The … read more
The search for the bodies of soldiers killed last week along the Nembe Creeks at Obioku community in Bayelsa State may have yielded dividends. Yesterday, five yet- to-be-identified corpses were found floating along the Nembe Creeks, according to security sources. … read more
The Action Congress (AC) has said the agreement between Britain and Nigeria to set up a �security training force� to help battle the militants in the Niger Delta can only worsen the crisis in the oil region. In a statement … read more
A United States based organisation that helps the United Nations (UN) to uncover cases of human rights abuses worldwide, Benetech Initiative, has said that it will visit Nigeria to investigate likely cases of genocide and sundry rights abuses by government … read more
A Warri Chief Magistrate�s Court pre-sided over by Mrs. Eli B. Osemwenbie, on Monday, ordered that the 14 Filipinos arrested for illegal oil bunkering by the Joint Task Force code named Operation Restore Hope be remanded in prison custody. The … read more