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militants release 1 Italian, 5 Chinese hostages

Five Chinese telecommunications workers and an Italian oil worker abducted in Nigeria’s restive southern delta region have been released, militants and officials said today. A rebel group that has carried out crippling assaults against the energy industry in Africa’s oil … read more

Two killed in Niger Delta attack

Two oil workers – a Nigerian and a Dutch national – have been killed in an attack in Nigeria’s Delta region, security sources say. Gunmen attacked a vessel operated by the South Korean firm Hyundai, near an oil export complex … read more

Elf Pumps First Gas from Amenam/Kpono Field

The first gas consignment from the Amenam/Kpono oil and gas field operated under a joint venture between Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was December 30, 2006, delivered to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas plant … read more

Atiku seeks FBI aid to return home

Agents of the elite American security agency, the Federal Investigation Bureau, FBI, will escort Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to Nigeria when he returns to the country on Friday. A team of attorneys is also on stand-by in the event the government … read more

Ogoni Resist SPDC Moves

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has appealed to leaders of K-Dere community to allow its technical team to properly secure the wellheads to prevent any danger to lives and property. The SPDC fire team had on January 13, extinguished … read more

Elections may be shifted to August

INDICATIONS have emerged that the National Assembly may consider shifting the general election from April to August. Lawmakers who were at the National Assembly on Monday were seen in groups discussing the possibility of the planned postponement. A few of … read more