About 100 foreign workers have been abducted so far this year, mostly by groups seeking ransom, but also by militants who say they are fighting for more autonomy in the neglected region. Below is a chronology of some major attacks … read more
Nigeria’s most high-profile armed group said it destroyed three major pipelines early Tuesday in the oil-rich south of the country. “Fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta attacked and destroyed three major pipelines in Bayelsa state,” … read more
Three South Koreans and eight Filipinos seized in Nigeria’s oil-rich but volatile south last week were released in exhausted but stable condition after talks with their kidnappers. “The three senior South Korean officials of Daewoo Engineering and Construction were released … read more
Note From Chief: Done some checking in the background on the following story. It was not issued by the usual spokesman, Jomo Gbomo. It seems likely that it actually came from the FNDIC who have been known to call themselves … read more
Militants under the aegis of Coalition for Militant Action (COMA) have vowed to blow up the over N60 billion Omoku gas turbine should anti-corruption agencies in the country fail to arrest Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State after may 29, … read more
Eight Filipinos and three South Koreans seized by armed men in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern region said in a telephone message aired Sunday that they were being beaten up and deprived of food. We are in the forest, there is no … read more
Gunmen struck again in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday night, taking away a Russian woman married to a Nigerian. The woman, whose name was given as Irina, is married to an Akwa Ibom man, Ekpo Umo. Eyewitnesses … read more
Villagers with sticks and machetes staged a protest at a major U.S-operated oil production facility in Nigeria on Monday, forcing it to halt output as a precaution, security sources said. It was the latest in a string of attacks on … read more
Abductors of a Belarusian woman in Nigeria have demanded $1.2 million for her release, a Russian embassy official in the oil-rich African state said Monday. The woman, who is married to a Nigerian and is a senior manager with the … read more
Intense pressures are mounting at present on Vice president Atiku Abubakar who is still in the United Kingdom to drop the idea of heading to the election tribunal to challenge the results of the April 21 presidential election which gave … read more