Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

2 More Foreigners Kidnapped

Gunmen attacked an oil facility in restive southern Nigeria overnight and took two foreigners hostage, private security contractors said Monday. Several speedboats full of gunmen attacked the facility on Calabar River late Sunday night, the two contractors said, speaking on … read more

Call for Biafra to leave Nigeria

The Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria have more reason than ever to seek independence, the leader of the region’s 1960s separatist group says. On the 40th anniversary of the start of the Biafran war, in which more than 1m died, … read more

Ransom Demand For Margaret

Nigerian gunmen who kidnapped a British girl have demanded a ransom, her mother said Saturday. Oluchi Hill, a Nigerian, refused to say how much cash was sought for the safe return of Margaret Hill, 3, or who contacted her. “Where … read more

Kidnappers free UK girl

Kidnappers in Nigeria have released a three-year-old British girl they have held hostage since Thursday, a state government spokeswoman said. Margaret Hill was in good health and being cared for by security officials in Port Harcourt city, spokeswoman Emma Okah … read more

Nigerian leader in hostage appeal

The President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar’Adua, has appealed for the immediate release of a three-year-old British girl kidnapped by gunmen. Mr Yar’Adua has ordered the Nigerian security services to ensure that Margaret Hill is returned unharmed to her family. The … read more

Nigeria fears push oil over $76

Oil prices have surged past $76 a barrel amid growing concern that unrest in Nigeria will hit exports The kidnap of a three-year-old British girl this week has been seen as an escalation of the violence that has plagued the … read more

‘Threat to kill’ missing girl

Kidnappers who seized a three-year-old UK girl in Nigeria have threatened to kill her unless her father agrees to take her place, her mother says. Margaret Hill, the daughter of an expatriate worker, was grabbed from a car on her … read more