(Reuters) – Militants threatened on Friday to destroy a $13 billion natural gas export plant in Nigeria. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email to Reuters they were conscious of the potential for … read more
HUNDREDS of displaced residents of 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt Army Barracks are seeking help from government and public spirited Nigerians. At their temporary refuge behind Gas Plant on Rumuokoro road some of them told Vanguard that life had become difficult … read more
Three foreign oil workers kidnapped in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt have been freed. The trio, who work for an Italian oil firm, were seized on Thursday in a car, and taken away on a boat, police said. … read more
Nigerian TV reports up to 200 people are feared dead in an oil pipeline blast. The station reports the firy explosion ht after villagers flocked to a rupture to scoop up gushing fuel. THe explosion hit just outside Lagos at … read more
Up to 200 people were reported killed in an oil pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Nigeria’s main city of Lagos on Friday. Vandals trying to drain fuel from the pipeline may have caused the blast, local officials say. CNN’s … read more
A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead a U.S. executive in Nigeria’s oil heartland Wednesday, authorities said. Militants who have attacked the oil industry for five months said they had no hand in the killing of the executive, who worked … read more
The following story is from the Houston Chronicle….. A Baker Hughes employee from Central Texas was shot to death on his way to work Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, a company spokesman said. The motive for the shooting was unknown. … read more
A call has been made by the Economic Community of West African States for the peaceful resolution of the Niger Delta crisis. The area has witnessed substantial disquiet lately as militants take up arms to protest what they see as … read more
Reuters) — Foreign workers were kidnapped from a car under police escort in Nigeria’s southern oil capital of Port Harcourt on Thursday, an industry source said, a day after a U.S. oil executive was shot dead there. A police spokesman … read more
Indications emerged on Tuesday that the declaration of ceasefire by the Niger Delta militants did not get the approval of all the groups involved in the struggle. The Deputy National President of the Ijaw Youth Council, Mr. David Reje, who … read more