Three different sets of international hostages continued to be held by militants in Nigeria�s volatile Niger Delta region. They include nine South Koreans, five Chinese, and three Italians and one Lebanese. While the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria on Thursday said that it had been denied access by Ogoni communities to two oil wells, which were on fire in the area. The two oil wells-Bomu 41 and 50 located in Gokana Local … read more
Tension has gripped Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, as the ultimatum given to the leadership of the community to produce the killers of a soldier and an oil worker by the Joint Task Force … read more
Nine South Korean oil workers who were taken hostage by gunmen in Nigeria have been freed unharmed, officials say. The attack took place on Wednesday at a Daewoo oil facility in the southern oil state of Bayelsa. A Nigerian worker … read more
In a cabinet reshuffle that saw him swearing-in six new ministers and a permanent secretary, President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abuja relinquished the Ministry of Petroleum Resources which he had held for the last seven and a half years as … read more
Delta State Police Command said yesterday it recovered 305 rifles and shot guns from criminals and arrested 108 armed bandits. The arrests include that of a middle-aged man who paraded himself as a lawyer, and was caught trying to ferry … read more
There are indications that many of the politicians seeking public offices in the April polls may have their ambition scuttled as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dared candidates of any political party to stay away from its verification … read more
Nine Koreans and a Nigerian were taken hostage by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Mbiama, a border town between Rivers and Bayelsa states. The Koreans are Messrs. M. S Lee; J. T Hong; W. S. Kim; N.S … read more
Gunmen who kidnapped nine South Korean workers in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have contacted the South Korean government, an official in Seoul said on Thursday, but their motives were still unclear. The gunmen, armed with dynamite, invaded Daewoo Engineering and … read more
The following are excerpts from an e-mail interview conducted by Brian Ross with a person who calls himself Jomo and the leader of MEND. While it is impossible to verify with absolute certainty that the author of the e-mails is … read more