Foreign oil companies accustomed to high tension in Nigeria?s oil-rich Niger Delta are being forced to grapple with a new level of violence one industry official called ?shocking.? In the past two decades, the multinational corporations producing Nigeria?s oil in … read more
Nigerian security officials on Friday released a photograph of four western hostages which had been passed to them by separatist militants, 16 days after the oil workers were taken prisoner. The image, believed to be several days old, shows the … read more
We are confused by this report and can’t get confirmation from any other source. As people are already talking about it we thought we’d post it. Can anyone shed any light on this? From today’s Guardian Newspaper… FOUR more hostages … read more
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday vowed to restore stability to the oil-rich Niger delta. He spoke two days after nine people were killed in an attack on the offices of Italian energy company Agip SpA. The assailants sped off … read more
A Nigerian militant group claiming responsibility for kidnapping foreign oil workers and for a string of attacks on oil plants on Wednesday welcomed a robbery that left nine people dead. A statement sent from an e-mail address used by the … read more
Nigerian agents hunting a gang which kidnapped four foreign workers interrogated three suspects Wednesday as the country’s huge oil industry reeled from the latest bloody attack on its facilities. The kidnap — combined with a series of violent attacks on … read more
Villagers fled Nigeria’s lawless delta on Wednesday amid fears of military reprisals after a wave of attacks on foreign oil companies by ethnic Ijaw militia. The army deployed more troops to key installations and oil companies tightened security around their … read more
Four foreign oil workers taken hostage by armed militants in Nigeria?s Niger Delta region were in their 12th day in captivity on Monday, with those claiming to be their captors insisting on the release of ethnic Ijaw leaders in government … read more
TWO men suspected to be among the abductors of four foreign oil workers in Bayelsa State have been arrested by security agents. Confusion, yesterday reigned over different reports about the demand of kidnappers holding the kidnapped expatriate oil workers with … read more
Camouflage-clad attackers raided an Italian oil company’s riverside offices in Nigeria on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left nine people dead before assailants fled by speedboat into the oil-rich delta’s waterways. The attack on Agip’s offices in the southern oil … read more