The families of two New Zealand oil workers abducted in Nigeria were still waiting for news of their loved ones tonight as a three-year-old British girl became the latest kidnap victim in the increasingly lawless oil region. The British government … read more
Cultists, militants and other arms bearers in Rivers State are to receive the N1 million each if they renounce criminal activities. The chairman of Peace and Rehabilitation Committee in Rivers State, Hassan Tam Douglas, made this public, while speaking with … read more
NIGERIA KIDNAP: STATEMENT (06/07/07) Mr and Mrs Hill, whose daughter Margaret was kidnapped in Nigeria yesterday, have asked the Foreign Office to issue the following statement on their behalf: ‘You are well aware of the effects that this terrible situation … read more
Unknown gunmen have attacked and snatched five foreign workers from an oil rig in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, security sources say. The attack comes a day after the main militant group in the area said it had called off a … read more
Kiwis Brent Goddard and Bruce Klenner were taken hostage at gunpoint along with three others from a Shell oil rig at Soku on the Niger Delta on Wednesday. The others are: Jason Lane from Australia, George Saliba of Lebanon and … read more
Following a fresh security alert from the British government, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has beefed up security around airports in the country. The alert, which came on Tuesday, led to disruption of flights at the international wing … read more
AP) _ Kidnappers snatched the 3-year-old daughter of an expatriate worker as she was being taken to school Thursday in Nigeria’s restive southern oil region, police said. � The child taken in the oil city of Port Harcourt is British, … read more
(AP) _ Gunmen smashed in the windows of a car carrying a British girl to school Thursday and kidnapped the three-year-old, marking the first seizure of a foreign child in Nigeria’s increasingly lawless oil region. � In London, the British … read more
A massive explosion, caused by crude spillage from one of the tanks at the Warri Refinery yesterday resulted in an inferno that gutted part of the ailing refinery yesterday. Although no life was lost, vessels on the Ubeki Creek, including … read more
Chairman, National Po-pulation Commission (NPC), Chief Samu�ila Danko Makama, has said final result of the 2006 Census would be ready next year. Makama told the Senate President, Senator David Mark during a courtesy call yesterday, that processing of the final … read more