Reuters) – Nigerian militants said on Wednesday they had separated three foreign oil workers in their captivity for strategic reasons, but did not intend to kill them. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has been holding two … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delt(MEND)said that it is preparing a major attack on the Nigerian Army and on international oil installations in the southern Niger delta region. “The following days will be bleak for the Nigerian … read more
THE Federal Government has declared two days, March 24 and 25, as days for the restriction of movement for the 2006 census. President Olusegun Obasanjo made the declaration Wednesday in Abuja at the presidential forum on the 2006 census. The … read more
As a means of stemming the rising number of jobless youths in Nigeria, especially in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, a multinational oil service firm, Saipem Nigeria Limited is to engage 1, 5000 youths. The youths, who are to be … read more
OFFICIALS of the United States of America (USA) embassy and the Delta State government stormed the venue of a strategy-planning session by Ijaw youths from all the states in the Niger-Delta at Effurun in Delta State, yesterday, to lobby the … read more
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Festus Gozien Okubor says negotiators with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have achieved major breakthrough and that soon the remaining three hostages would be released. Okubor however called on … read more
GENERAL � Nigerian militants killed five (05) soldiers on March 08 2006 in a firefight during an attack by the army in the southern Niger Delta, and threatened reprisals against the military and oil company Royal Dutch Shell. It was … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company on Monday raised the alarm over a fresh threat to oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta region. The alarm came barely two days after the expiration of the ultimatum by the Movement for the … read more
An Itsekiri group, Iwere Development Association, on Monday asked oil multinationals and service companies to leave its area in Delta State latest by March 23. The IDA, which last week issued a 21-day ultimatum asking the oil firms to leave … read more
Nigerian separatist guerrillas have split up a group of three US and British oil workers they have been holding hostage, amid rising tensions, a man who identified himself as one of the captives told AFP today. “I want to let … read more