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
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
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
HOPE of release of the British toddler, Margaret Hill, who was abducted by gunmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday, heightened last night. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Felix Ogbaudu, disclosed to The Guardian that there were indications that … read more
Armed men kidnapped three foreigners in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Sunday, local television reported, three days after a three year-old British girl was taken hostage in the same region. Channels Television said the men, believed to be either Lebanese or … read more
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
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
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
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
Repairs on the Port-Harcourt International Airport�s runway, handled by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will resume on Monday, two months after it pulled out as a result of the insurgency in the Niger-Delta region. The construction giant had in May this … read more