Agents of the elite American security agency, the Federal Investigation Bureau, FBI, will escort Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to Nigeria when he returns to the country on Friday. A team of attorneys is also on stand-by in the event the government … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has appealed to leaders of K-Dere community to allow its technical team to properly secure the wellheads to prevent any danger to lives and property. The SPDC fire team had on January 13, extinguished … read more
A South Korean worker was shot and wounded in an armed robbery in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region, but the injury was not life-threatening, officials said on Wednesday. The worker from Hyundai Heavy Industries was shot in the thigh when 16 … read more
An armed attack on an oil industry boat in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta on Tuesday in which a Dutch worker and Nigerian serviceman were killed was a robbery, military and industry sources said on Wednesday. A senior foreign oil industry … read more
Nigerian militants may release Roberto Dieghi, one of three Italian oil workers they took hostage last month, a spokesman for the group holding them told AFP. “Roberto may be released today (Wednesday),” the spokesman of the Movement for the Emancipation … read more
INDICATIONS have emerged that the National Assembly may consider shifting the general election from April to August. Lawmakers who were at the National Assembly on Monday were seen in groups discussing the possibility of the planned postponement. A few of … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which has held three Italians and one Lebanese oil worker hostage for a month, threatened yesterday to resume attacks on oil facilities this month and seize more captives. �We are … read more
United States National Intelligence Director, Mr. John Negroponte, has said that the survival of democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by neglect and corruption. Negroponte yesterday made the comment in assessing Nigeria’s ability to transfer power from President Olusegun Obasanjo … read more
The Ijaw National Human Rights Organisation (INHRO) has lamented what it described as the long neglect of Ijaw communities by Chevron Oil Company in spite of its vast interest on their territory. The group particularly decried the non-challant attitude of … read more
Gunmen killed 12 people including four community chiefs in an attack on a commercial boat in the remote creeks of Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, police said on Tuesday. It was unclear what prompted the attack, which took place on Sunday … read more