BARELY 48 hours after kidnapping nine expatriates, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday gave a fresh seven-day notice to multinational oil firms in the country to vacate their offices. The movement also said that it … read more
I’ve been doing some digging on this and I’m not convinced that the story is accurate. Having made some calls, I can’t find any confirmation of it. It has been reported on both CNN and BBC as well as most … read more
A planned nationwide strike by junior police officers in crime-ridden Nigeria to press for wage hikes, better work conditions and promotions failed to take off on Monday, a spokesman said. “There is no strike. Everybody is at his duty post. … read more
The Nigerian government has ruled out using its military might to secure the release of the nine foreign oil workers kidnapped by Niger Delta militants on Saturday. The nine hostages, all foreign were kidnapped in an attack on Shell’s Forcados … read more
The Nigerian government has ruled out using its military might to secure the release of the nine foreign oil workers kidnapped by Niger Delta militants on Saturday. The nine hostages, all foreign were kidnapped in an attack on Shell’s Forcados … read more
Barely 10 hours after helicopter gunship of the Nigeria Air Force launched the second in the series of planned raids on oil bunkerers in the Niger Delta at the Ijaw community of Okerenkoko, Ijaw militants in retaliation yesterday hit four … read more
Nigerian authorities were seeking to negotiate the safe release Sunday of nine foreign workers who were taken hostage during the latest wave of violence to rock Africa’s biggest oil industry. Heavily armed separatist militants carried out a series of attacks … read more
Militants responsible for a string of attacks and kidnappings that have cut Nigerian oil exports by 20 percent threatened for the first time Today to target international oil tankers coming into this West African nation’s waters to load crude oil. … read more
Nigerian militants launched a string of attacks on the world’s eighth largest oil exporter on Saturday, abducting nine foreign workers from an offshore barge and attacking at least two other facilities. Militants from the Movement for the Emancipation of the … read more
A fire damaged the loading platform attached to one of Nigeria’ biggest oil export terminals Saturday, Shell said, during an attack by armed militants in which nine workers were kidnapped. “A fire outbreak was reported at the Forcados Crude Oil … read more