Six Russian nationals abducted in Nigeria are alive and feeling well, the Russian Embassy in the African state said Monday. The Russians, who work for the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), controlled by Russian aluminum giant RUSAL, were abducted … read more
The Nigerian military has stormed a hideout and freed one of two Chinese workers abducted by unknown gunmen more than two months ago in the country’s southeast, the police said Monday. “One of the men was rescued by the army … read more
MILITANTS again struck yesterday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, abducting four expatriate staff said to be working for an oil servicing company, Schlumberger. The abduction came just as six foreign oil workers kidnaped by armed men in the troubled creek last … read more
ON a day it released six hostages and announced a freeze on attacks on oil workers and facilities for one month, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) it turned the heat on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. … read more
Nigerian gunmen kidnapped six foreign staff of a Russian aluminium company after blowing up their apartment in the southeastern town of Ikot Abasi, security sources said on Sunday. The latest abductions take to 30 the number of foreigners being held … read more
Analysts in Nigeria’s oil industry say they are skeptical the government of newly sworn-in President Umaru Yar’Adua will be able to end the violence in the Niger Delta. A main militant group says it will give the government one month … read more
President Umaru Yar’Adua revealed personal wealth of $5 million on Thursday, saying public financial disclosures should be standard practice as Nigeria battles official corruption. Yar’Adua, who took power May 29 with a promise to fight graft, said he owned several … read more
Gunmen have blasted their way into a residential compound to snatch top managers working for an Asian-owned company in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. Some sources say more hostages may have been seized in the dawn raid as the three were taken … read more
President Umar Yar�Adua will on Monday convene the first Niger Delta Summit which will consider all ideas and initiatives, including the Niger Delta Master Plan, with a view to finding an enduring solution to the crisis in the region. This … read more
A group of gunmen wearing security force uniforms invaded a compound in restive southern Nigeria and kidnapped four foreign oil workers without firing a shot, police said Saturday. The abduction occurred overnight at the U.S.-based oil-services firm Schlumberger Ltd. in … read more