Gunmen seized four more foreign workers amid a dramatic rise in violence that has roiled Nigeria’s southern petroleum-producing region, oil industry officials said Wednesday. The attackers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a transport vessel carrying the workers in … read more
THERE may be no hiding place for Nigerian politicians planning to escape the long arm of the law, especially after the handover of power on May 29. America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared that it is ready to … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday, blew up three oil pipelines in Bayelsa State, forcing Italian oil giant, Eni, to halt production from two oilfields. The group said in an e-mail it bombed the pipelines … read more
The Federal Government has concluded plans to enforce foreign carriers operating in the country to lower their fares. The Minister of State for Air Transport, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said this at the submission of the report by the committee on … read more
The Federal Government has earned $1.5 billion since 2005 in signature bonuses from the oil licensing bid rounds introduced by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 to replace the discretionary allocation of oil blocks to companies operating in … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said late Monday it would resume “in the coming days” attacks on Nigeria’s crude oil exports. “In pursuance of our pledge to cripple the Nigerian crude oil export industry, … read more
About 100 foreign workers have been abducted so far this year, mostly by groups seeking ransom, but also by militants who say they are fighting for more autonomy in the neglected region. Below is a chronology of some major attacks … read more
Nigeria’s most high-profile armed group said it destroyed three major pipelines early Tuesday in the oil-rich south of the country. “Fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta attacked and destroyed three major pipelines in Bayelsa state,” … read more
Three South Koreans and eight Filipinos seized in Nigeria’s oil-rich but volatile south last week were released in exhausted but stable condition after talks with their kidnappers. “The three senior South Korean officials of Daewoo Engineering and Construction were released … read more
Note From Chief: Done some checking in the background on the following story. It was not issued by the usual spokesman, Jomo Gbomo. It seems likely that it actually came from the FNDIC who have been known to call themselves … read more