Nigerian security forces clashed with militants on Tuesday close to an oil flow station in the western Niger Delta operated by U.S. energy giant Chevron, an army spokesman said. “Our troops at Chevron’s Abiteye flow station in Delta state captured … read more
ENI has declared a force majeure on 52,000 bpd of crude from the Brass River field in Nigeria. Production from the field is shared, and the measure would apply to 9,000 bpd of ENI’s equity share. According to Dow Jones … read more
JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta and the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) were embroiled in a war of words yesterday, over a claim by the militant that it has ordered the blockade of key waterway channels … read more
Defence Headquarters reiterated on Monday that the ongoing military onslaught in the Niger Delta to douse the activities of militants would continue until order is restored to the troubled region. The authorities also denied killing innocent people while attacking the … read more
DETAILS have emerged why United States (U.S.) President Barack Obama scheduled an official visit to Ghana against expectations that Nigeria might be one of his first port of call in Africa. Obama is scheduled to visit Accra, Ghana from July … read more
The worst fighting in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region in eight months, which has seen the military use gunships and fighter jets, could represent a significant change in the government’s approach to stamping out a three-year-old insurgency that has disrupted nearly … read more
The Nigerian army said on Sunday it had freed four more foreign hostages from the western Niger Delta during an operation to flush out militants which rights groups say has displaced thousands of villagers. The military has used helicopters and … read more
The military in Nigeria has been accused of killing 1,000 civilians during an upsurge in operations against militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta. “They…bombard entire communities from the air, sea and land,” said the Ijaw National Congress which represents the … read more
The face-off between the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta and militants entered its fifth day on Sunday with an unspecified number of persons, including a pregnant woman killed. Also killed in the fighting, in which about 20,000 people … read more
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday held a closed-door meeting with top retired military officers from Delta State and some Ijaw traditional rulers over military operation by men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Gbaramatu area of the state. A source … read more