Nigeria will not hold a major oil licensing round until wide-ranging reforms to Africa’s largest oil and gas industry are passed into law, an aid to the country’s president said on Thursday. The long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which aims … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:29 AM To: chiefoyibo@oyibosonline.com; Subject: Hostage rescue by Nigerian military Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta As a result of the bombings by the Nigerian military of camps and communities, … read more
Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Nigerian subsidiary says one of its pipelines running through the oil-rich and restive Niger Delta has been damaged. A Shell spokesman told The Associated Press on Friday that the company’s Nigerian subsidiary declared “force majeure” on … read more
Nigeria’s military freed 19 hostages in an operation in the country’s main oil-producing region, including Nigerians and foreigners, two security sources said. “We’ve got confirmed reports that, yes, all 19 have been reported freed,” one of the security sources said. … read more
A French oil firm says gunmen attacked a boat off the coast Cameroon, killing five people, including three Cameroonian guards for Perenco’s offshore oil field. The Associated Press has identified the other two victims in the attack late Tuesday night … read more
Another armed group, which identified itself as the Niger Delta Liberation Force under the leadership of General John Togo, said in an e-mailed statement to reporters yesterday it was “no longer part of the fraudulent amnesty” and will target oil … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second such raid for which it has claimed responsibility in a week. The U.S. … read more
Authorities in Nigeria’s southern state of Akwa Ibom said on Monday they had arrested more than 400 people as part of a clampdown on rampant kidnappings for ransom in the region. Abductions of foreign oil workers and prominent Nigerians have … read more
The Abia Police Command has said 38 of its officers to kidnappers in the last few months. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Jonathan Johnson, made this known on Monday in Umuahia, while presenting the arms surrendered by some … read more
Suspected members of Nigeria’s Islamic fundamentalist group ‘Boko Haram’ have killed a soldier in Maiduguri, capital of northern Borno state, in continuation of their attack on security agents and political leaders. The local press reported Monday that the soldier, identified … read more