A 44-year-old Italian man abducted in Nigeria on April 6 has been released, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The man, Giuseppe Canova, was “unharmed” a ministry statement said, without adding further details on the release. The ministry said it … read more
IBE Liberated Movement of Niger Delta has told Governor Adams Oshiom-hole of Edo State to expect more attacks in the state if Ijaw indigenes are not included in political positions in the state. The group, which claimed responsibility for the … read more
The Nigerian army Monday said it traded shots with militants near a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) oil facility in the Niger Delta’s Nembe Creek. Earlier in the day, Shell Petroleum Development Co., or SDPC, the Nigerian unit of Royal … read more
A group of professionals committed to empowering Niger Delta indigenes, especially in the area of human capital development and skill acquisition, has called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to take issues of reported arms build up in Bakassi area of the … read more
THE Federal Government’s bid to prosecute some top Nigerian officials linked with the $180 million Halliburton bribery may soon receive a boost. Reason: Albert Jack Stanley, the man at the centre of the fraud, has offered to assist investigators do … read more
Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Sunday it had shut down flowstations feeding into its Trans-Niger oil pipeline in southern Nigeria as a precautionary measure after a fire at a manifold. The Anglo-Dutch giant said it had shut down some … read more
A private security official says gunmen commandeered a Nigerian naval vessel and killed one sailor during an attack an oil facility in Africa’s biggest oil producer. The official said about 18 boatloads of fighters hit the facility run by Royal … read more
A manifold at Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s (RDSB.LN) Bomu-Bonny oil pipeline in Nigeria caught fire early Sunday morning, according to an eyewitness. “Around 3 a.m. local time, there was an eruption from the Bomu manifold” next to the K.Dere community … read more
Ramzey Lawaz is determined to pursue university education abroad, because he is frustrated with difficulties in researching for academic assignments in Nigeria. The 19 year old student of Corona School has indicated interest in some universities in the United Kingdom … read more
More than $20m being proceeds of the controversial sales of Federal Government property in the United States is still withheld in a US bank account years after the sales of the houses in Washington, DC and Maryland. The Empowered Newswire … read more