A group claiming to be MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which hijacked a cargo ship, weekend, in Warri and took 24 Phillipines hostage, reiterated, yesterday, that the kidnapped foreign nationals would be killed tomorrow if at … read more
Filipinos taken hostage this weekend in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria were seized by members of a local community, a prominent separatist group in the region said. “They were taken by a community in that vicinity. The … read more
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has ordered workers not to travel to Nigeria following the kidnapping of six Filipinos there at the weekend. “The president has ordered a temporary halt to deployments to Nigeria until the security of our nationals is … read more
We wish to deny reports of our involvement in the kidnap of filipino seamen off a cargo ship in escravos, delta state, on saturday january 20, 2007. These misleading reports were carried in the vanguard edition of sunday January 21, … read more
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator is having a hard time identifying the six Filipino seamen snatched on Saturday from a cargo ship in Nigeria�s Upper Niger Delta. �We have no clear identity yet even of the ships because what was … read more
AGAINST the backdrop of rising insecurity in the delta and its resolve to fulfil part of its responsibility in the security of the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Navy will today start a series of naval exercises in the Bight … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND yesterday, hijacked a cargo ship and took about 24 foreign nationals on board hostage at the Chanomi Creeks in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The militant group … read more
Unrest in Nigeria’s southern oil region the Niger Delta, the theatre of a spate of kidnappings in recent months, is set to continue through the elections scheduled for April, analysts and security experts say. “I see violence in the delta … read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has linked the present fuel scarcity in the country to a December 2006 botched attempt by the Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to increase prices of the products. The NLC said the PPPRA plan … read more
Nigerian government officials have begun talks to secure the release of six Filipino seamen snatched from a cargo ship in the southern oil producing delta, authorities said on Sunday. The talks began as Nigerian warships mobilised for a four-day naval … read more