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EU observers stay away to stay alive

European Union election observers will stay away from Nigeria’s volatile delta region during next month’s landmark vote, the EU’s team leader said on Wednesday. A spate of kidnappings, mostly for ransom, and attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta … read more

Strategic bridge collapses in Rivers

A strategic bridge at Eleme in Rivers State has collapsed, cutting off road users from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states from accessing Port Harcourt through that route. The bridge, situated at a point just before the Onne Junction, which … read more

10 killed in Lagos land tussle

NO fewer than 10 people lost their lives while property worth millions of naira was destroyed as hostilities returned to Ajah town in Lagos State. Fifteen of the hoodlums who perpetrated the destruction have, however, been arrested by men of … read more

Gunmen kidnap Dutch security manager

Reuters) – Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped a Dutch security manager of a German construction company in Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt on Friday, security sources said. The attackers invaded the construction yard of Bilfinger Berger on the waterfront … read more

Three foreign workers kidnapped today

Gunmen kidnapped three foreign workers in two separate incidents in Nigeria’s oil-producing delta on Friday, authorities said. Expatriate abductions have become an almost weekly occurrence this year in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter, and thousands have fled the Niger … read more