Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), yesterday raised alarm over imminent collapse of the textile industry, saying about 30 textile industries will be closed down and 30,000 jobs lost by next week, if High Pour Fuel Oil (HPFO), commonly called black … read more
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it has extended its warning on travel to Nigeria after another kidnapping earlier this week. It now advises advised against all travel to the Niger Delta and to riverine areas of Cross River … read more
Four more people have been abducted in the Niger Delta, authorities said on Monday, underscoring insecurity in Nigeria’s oil-producing region hours after a 3-year-old British girl was freed by her kidnappers. Margaret Hill was released on Sunday night after four … read more
SIX days after five of its expatriate workers were abducted by unknown gunmen in Rivers State, an oil firm, Lonestar Drilling Company, has evacuated 120 of its employees from the Nembe area of Bayelsa State. The oil firm’s move followed … read more
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that the Federal Government had made appreciable progress in securing the understanding of leaders in the Niger Delta. The Vice-President said this at a meeting with a delegation from ENI, the parent company of … read more
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar�Adua is to meet with Niger-Delta militants in Abuja soon over their demand for the creation of two more states – Oil Rivers and Toruebe for the Ijaws and an additional Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, as … read more
Reuters) – Nigerian troops repelled an attack on a construction site run by Korean firm Daewoo in the Niger Delta early on Tuesday, killing one of the attackers, a military commander said. The attack took place at Mbiama, on the … read more
Several people were injured and many houses and vehicles were destroyed in two days of fighting between two rival cult gangs in southern Nigeria’s volatile Ogoniland, police said Tuesday. Riot police were brought in to break up the violence which … read more
Margaret Hill, the three-year-old British girl kidnapped in Nigeria, has been freed. She is back with her family who say she is in good health. No ransom was paid. An offical said the youngster was handed over to state security … read more
A Land Cruiser Jeep, belonging to the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been snatched by suspected armed robbers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to sources close to the Niger Delta �nationalist�, … read more