Nigeria’s oil unions said Saturday they have suspended a two-day-old strike after the government met their demands over the proposed sale of two state-owned oil refineries. “We have suspended the strike,” Peter Esele, president of the senior oil workers union … read more
U.S. EmbASSY ABUJA U.S. Consulate General LAGOS NIGERIA May 24, 2007 Warden Message The Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), have publicly announced protests for both Monday, May 28, … read more
Ebonyi state government says the abductors of the two Chinese Nationals, suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) are currently demanding a ransom of twenty million naira before their hostages … read more
Oil workers, under the umbrellas of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employees (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), in the employment of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpora-tion (NNPC), the Department of … read more
About 5,000 policemen will provide security during the inauguration of Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar�Adua as president on Tuesday. The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Mr. Lawrence Alobi, made this known on Thursday just as the Inspector-General of Police, … read more
MORE than a month after the 2007 polls ended, three persons said to be staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were on Wednesday caught thumb-printing ballot papers meant for the election at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Council of … read more
Nationalites have now been announced by industry sources: KIDNAPPED OIL WORKERS IN NIGERIA ARE THREE AMERICANS, TWO BRITONS AND ONE S.AFRICAN-INDUSTRY SOURCES (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped six oil workers, possibly including foreign nationals, from a pipelaying vessel off the coast … read more
AP) Gunmen on Friday kidnapped foreign oil workers, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria’s unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said. Security forces in the region said only six people were kidnapped, including an Indian, but details released by … read more
AFP: Gunmen have kidnapped several oil workers in southern Nigeria, at least eight of them expatriates, police and diplomatic sources said Friday. One diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said the foreigners included four Britons, three US nationals, one … read more
Gunmen kidnapped nine foreign oil workers and a Nigerian colleague from a ship off the coast of Nigeria on Friday, police said, bringing the total number of foreign hostages in the country to 25. The abductions come amid an upsurge … read more