The President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar’Adua, has appealed for the immediate release of a three-year-old British girl kidnapped by gunmen. Mr Yar’Adua has ordered the Nigerian security services to ensure that Margaret Hill is returned unharmed to her family. The … read more
Oil prices have surged past $76 a barrel amid growing concern that unrest in Nigeria will hit exports The kidnap of a three-year-old British girl this week has been seen as an escalation of the violence that has plagued the … read more
Kidnappers who seized a three-year-old UK girl in Nigeria have threatened to kill her unless her father agrees to take her place, her mother says. Margaret Hill, the daughter of an expatriate worker, was grabbed from a car on her … read more
Repairs on the Port-Harcourt International Airport�s runway, handled by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will resume on Monday, two months after it pulled out as a result of the insurgency in the Niger-Delta region. The construction giant had in May this … read more
The families of two New Zealand oil workers abducted in Nigeria were still waiting for news of their loved ones tonight as a three-year-old British girl became the latest kidnap victim in the increasingly lawless oil region. The British government … read more
Cultists, militants and other arms bearers in Rivers State are to receive the N1 million each if they renounce criminal activities. The chairman of Peace and Rehabilitation Committee in Rivers State, Hassan Tam Douglas, made this public, while speaking with … read more
NIGERIA KIDNAP: STATEMENT (06/07/07) Mr and Mrs Hill, whose daughter Margaret was kidnapped in Nigeria yesterday, have asked the Foreign Office to issue the following statement on their behalf: ‘You are well aware of the effects that this terrible situation … read more
Unknown gunmen have attacked and snatched five foreign workers from an oil rig in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, security sources say. The attack comes a day after the main militant group in the area said it had called off a … read more
Kiwis Brent Goddard and Bruce Klenner were taken hostage at gunpoint along with three others from a Shell oil rig at Soku on the Niger Delta on Wednesday. The others are: Jason Lane from Australia, George Saliba of Lebanon and … read more
Following a fresh security alert from the British government, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has beefed up security around airports in the country. The alert, which came on Tuesday, led to disruption of flights at the international wing … read more