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Frenchman kidnapped

Frenchman became the latest kidnap victim in the oil-rich Niger Delta when he was seized in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil capital, an industry source has said. The unidentified man, married to a Nigerian woman and under local contract to French … read more

Willbros sells Nigerian operations

Oil and gas services contractor Willbros Group Inc. on Wednesday said it has sold its Nigerian operations for $155.3 million to Ascot Offshore Nigeria Ltd., an energy services company based in the west African nation Willbros said it has received … read more

Rebels threaten new wave of kidnaps

Foreign contractors working in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region face a soaring threat of kidnapping as the country heads towards elections. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), an armed group which began a wave of abductions last … read more

FG seeks power to intercept Internet communications

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has forwarded a bill to the National Assembly seeking to empower security agencies to intercept all Internet communications in the country. The bill also proposes life imprisonment for any person whose operations of the critical information infrastructure … read more

Italian hostages speak out

Three ENI oil company employees held hostage in Nigeria for the past two months are pleading with the Italian government for help. ANSA said the three men, Cosma Russo and Francesco Arena of Italy and Imad Saliba of Lebanon, issued … read more

British hostage released: diplomat

Gunmen in southern Nigeria have released a British man taken hostage in the oil city of Port Harcourt more than two weeks ago. “He was pretty sick. His health was deteriorating,” a diplomat said Wednesday on condition of anonymity. The … read more