Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

New Photo released

This picture showing three hostages — two Italians and one Lebanese — who were kidnapped from an oil export terminal operated by Italian oil company Eni in southern Nigeria on December 7, 2006 was sent in an email by militant … read more

Chinese workers abducted

Several Chinese workers were taken hostage in the southern Nigerian oil state of Bayelsa, police and industry sources have said. . “I can confirm to you that some Chinese have been abducted at Sagbama. I don’t know how many because … read more

Latest (alleged) MEND Press Release

Subject: Review of hostages execution Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:19:27 -0800 (PST) THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NIGER DELTA Press Release The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wish to inform the general public … read more

militants seize more oil workers

Gunmen stormed the local offices of a major Chinese oil company in southern Nigeria on Thursday, abducting seven Chinese employees and stealing a large amount of cash, police said. One of the assailants died in the raid on the finance … read more

MEND Statement

We iterate our non-involvement in the comedy presently unfolding in delta State. None of our fighters was involved in the capture of the cargo vessel, or detention of its filipino crew. This was an action carried out solely by the … read more

No Foreign Force in N/Delta, Says FG

The Federal Government yesterday said there is no foreign military force in the troubled Niger Delta and that Nigerian forces are capable of keeping peace in the region. Minister of Defence, Ambassador Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi, and the Minister of State, Chief … read more

Enough is enough, FG tells militants

The Federal Government yesterday warned militants, pirates and other pursuing the path of criminality in the Niger Delta to turn a new leaf saying that, �enough is enough just as it warned that it will not allow those it called … read more