U .S. Consulate General, Lagos Warden Message The U.S. Government has received information that a militant Niger Delta group has reportedly recruited and trained militants for renewed attacks on oil installations and expatriate oil workers in the Niger Delta region. … read more
U .S. Consulate General, Lagos Warden Message December 8, 2006 Parts of Nigeria have often experienced and increase in crime during the holiday season. Lagos and other large cities are among those areas usually affected. Even Victoria and Ikoyi islands, … read more
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria has threatened to call out its members on strike, if urgent steps are not taken to resolve the lingering feud between the union and an American oil firm, Wilbros … read more
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday declared that Vice-President Atiku Abubakar would not be eligible to contest the 2007 presidential election on its platform even if he won a court case challenging his three-month suspension by the party. But Abubakar, … read more
Mixed reactions have trailed the operations of the Rivers State Independent Power Plant, which was inaugurated by President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday. While some residents of Port Harcourt said there was a marginal stability in the supply of power to … read more
Nigerian gunmen attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta early on Thursday and kidnapped three expatriate workers, the commander of the armed forces in the region told Reuters. Alfred Ilogho said the gunmen tried to storm Agip’s … read more
Gunmen have attacked an offshore oil pumping station at dawn in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, kidnapping three Italians and at least one other, say police. Bayelsa State police commissioner Hafiz Ringim told the BBC: “The militants came in four boats and … read more
Gunmen attacked a southern Nigerian oil installation belonging to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA early Thursday, killing one person and taking three Italians hostage, officials said. Bayelsa state Police Commissioner Hafiz Ringim confirmed the attack on the Agip oil … read more
A major tragedy befell the police high command yesterday when a 52-year old Commissioner of Police, (Police Mobile Unit, Abuja) Mr. Teka Felix, was shot dead by suspected robbers at a close range. The attack, which occurred at about 12.45pm … read more
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Senate not to acquiesce to the proposal by President Olusegun Obasanjo to reduce the amount of money earmarked as fuel subsidy in the 2007 budget, saying that if the reduction was allowed, it … read more