(Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped eight foreign oil workers from a ship off Nigeria’s Niger Delta on Saturday, bringing the total number of oil workers seized in the past 48 hours to 16, security sources said. “There was an attack on … read more
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta has deployed gunboats in the Chanomi Creeks in Delta State, following threats by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta to blow up the pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum … read more
We will open talks with Colombian rebelsWe can assure Mr. President one thing: that on the same day that the United Kingdom armies shall set their feet on the Niger-Delta, the country shall witness uncontrollable violence and we have been … read more
Gunmen in Nigeria released eight foreign oil workers seized from a vessel off the Niger Delta on Saturday but eight other people abducted in separate incidents were still being held, security officials said. The eight Russian, Latvian and Lithuanian men … read more
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Chief Farida Waziri, has set up a committee to look into money laundering cases involving former governors. Farida disclosed this yesterday when she received members of the Coalition for Democracy … read more
A trial run of traffic diversion from the Third Mainland Bridge to some other routes in Lagos will be carried out next Saturday, ahead of the partial closure of the bridge, which is currently undergoing rehabilitation. The bridge is to … read more
THAT money was paid is no longer in contention. But the purpose for which it was paid and to whom are now the subject of debate. While NNPC has admitted that money was paid but only to secure a pipeline … read more
IN Nigeria and the United States (U.S.), the Niger Delta crisis has continued to attract the attention of the two countries’ leaders. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a motion to hold a public hearing on the crisis in the … read more
Suspected militants, who kidnapped two expatriate workers of Julius Berger at Rumuji, Rivers state, have reportedly demanded for N32m ransom before granting freedom to the kidnapped expatriates, Niger Delta STANDARD has gathered. A source reliably informed that the road construction … read more
More than a dozen gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers, one from the Philippines and one Nigerian, in the main oil industry city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said. The men were working for Damas Oil and … read more