Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that the Federal Government had made appreciable progress in securing the understanding of leaders in the Niger Delta. The Vice-President said this at a meeting with a delegation from ENI, the parent company of … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar�Adua is to meet with Niger-Delta militants in Abuja soon over their demand for the creation of two more states – Oil Rivers and Toruebe for the Ijaws and an additional Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, as … read more
Reuters) – Nigerian troops repelled an attack on a construction site run by Korean firm Daewoo in the Niger Delta early on Tuesday, killing one of the attackers, a military commander said. The attack took place at Mbiama, on the … read more
Several people were injured and many houses and vehicles were destroyed in two days of fighting between two rival cult gangs in southern Nigeria’s volatile Ogoniland, police said Tuesday. Riot police were brought in to break up the violence which … read more
Margaret Hill, the three-year-old British girl kidnapped in Nigeria, has been freed. She is back with her family who say she is in good health. No ransom was paid. An offical said the youngster was handed over to state security … read more
A Land Cruiser Jeep, belonging to the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been snatched by suspected armed robbers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to sources close to the Niger Delta �nationalist�, … read more
A group of indigenous investors, under the auspices of ASCOT Nigeria Limited, has acquired the local subsidiary of United States multinational, Wilbros Engineering Services Company for $160m. The American-based oil service company had closed its operations in the Niger Delta … read more
Total SA, Europe�s third largest oil company has said crude production in Nigeria is threatened by insecurity in the West African nation. �We have decided with other oil companies, especially Shell, that the situation cannot continue like this over the … read more
No ransom was paid for the release of Margaret Hill, the three-year-old British girl kidnapped in Nigeria, officials said this morning. It is widely known that money has changed hands in almost every other hostage case in the country’s oil-rich … read more
The main rebel group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Monday the abduction of a 3-year-old British girl was unrelated to political violence and the armed struggle over oil revenues would continue. Margaret Hill was released on Sunday night … read more