Nigerian gunmen kidnapped six foreign staff of a Russian aluminium company after blowing up their apartment in the southeastern town of Ikot Abasi, security sources said on Sunday. The latest abductions take to 30 the number of foreigners being held … read more
Analysts in Nigeria’s oil industry say they are skeptical the government of newly sworn-in President Umaru Yar’Adua will be able to end the violence in the Niger Delta. A main militant group says it will give the government one month … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua revealed personal wealth of $5 million on Thursday, saying public financial disclosures should be standard practice as Nigeria battles official corruption. Yar’Adua, who took power May 29 with a promise to fight graft, said he owned several … read more
Gunmen have blasted their way into a residential compound to snatch top managers working for an Asian-owned company in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Some sources say more hostages may have been seized in the dawn raid as the three were taken … read more
President Umar Yar�Adua will on Monday convene the first Niger Delta Summit which will consider all ideas and initiatives, including the Niger Delta Master Plan, with a view to finding an enduring solution to the crisis in the region. This … read more
A group of gunmen wearing security force uniforms invaded a compound in restive southern Nigeria and kidnapped four foreign oil workers without firing a shot, police said Saturday. The abduction occurred overnight at the U.S.-based oil-services firm Schlumberger Ltd. in … read more
Six foreigners working for oil company Chevron who were kidnapped on May 1 have been released, the Italian foreign ministry said on Saturday. A ministry official said the workers, four Italians, an American and a Croatian, were safe and in … read more
Fighters from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) seized the four Italians, one American and one Croat on May 1 from an offshore oil platform operated by U.S. major Chevron . They said at the time … read more
Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) branch of the Petroleum and Natural Gas, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum Energy and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers, have vowed to resist any attempt at taking over of … read more
Following the Bomu protest that has gone on for three days, Shell has been ramping production, cutting down on 150,000 barrels per day of output. Villagers from K-Dere have since Tuesday, forcefully occupied the pipeline hub at Bomu, which feeds … read more