Bayelsa State Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee and Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), weekend, traded words over the ransom allegedly paid by former Minister of Energy, Edmund Daukoru ,on his wife, Gladys. Daukoru, now the paramount ruler … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil workers’ union delayed a strike to protest abductions and attacks against its members in the Niger Delta while it continues talks with the government, the union said. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, … read more
The Rivers State Government says it is aware of the current security challenges posed by the activities of criminals that engage in abduction of innocent citizens, and has directed security agencies to re-strategise operations to apprehend culprits. Governor Chibuike Rotimi … read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF), a military outfit in the Niger Delta, said yesterday it killed three militants during an operation to repel attack on the Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State, which is operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company … read more
Some of the most influential groups in Nigeria’s Niger Delta are seeking the release of two British oil workers a day after militants’ holding them said one of them was ill. The militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of … read more
Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Asari Dokubo Asari at the weekend, said kidnapping for ransom, killings and other vices were never part of the Niger Delta struggle. He spoke of plans by representatives of the Ijaw … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil workers have said they will embark on an indefinite strike starting Monday to protest the worsening abduction of their members and their relations in the restive Niger Delta oil region. ”The strike is a national directive,” said … read more
ABOUT 60 gunmen, invaded Obele community in Ahoada East Local Government, Rivers State, sacking the entire place. They also abducted eight people, whose whereabouts could not be ascertained at press time. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the men who were armed … read more
The U.S. government on Friday formally charged engineering company KBR Inc (KBR.N) in a $180 million, decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian officials to secure $6 billion in contracts. But former KBR parent Halliburton Co (HAL.N) said last month it would … read more
A military spokesman says kidnappers have released the wife of a former Nigerian energy minister. Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said Gladys Daukoru was returned safely to a hotel on Friday. Unidentified gunmen abducted the woman from a bar late Tuesday … read more