Militants armed with guns and dynamite invaded an oil services base in Bayelsa state in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta on Wednesday and kidnapped nine South Korean workers and one Nigerian. The gunmen came in six boats to the riverside … read more
The command headquarters of militants in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), as well as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have denied any involvement in the recent abduction of … read more
The Federal Government said yesterday that in 2006, the nation lost an estimated N570 billion in revenue due to protracted crisis in the Niger Delta region, which also affected the federal budget by N216 billion. Making this disclosure in Abuja … read more
The rationing of petrol to allow for even distribution of products has led to increase in queues at the filling stations, which was made worse by another pipeline vandalisation near Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos in the early hours of … read more
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Awoye Aziza, flew into Port Harcourt on Monday afternoon to join his lieutenants in finding ways of securing the release of five Chinese who were taken hostage by militants in Port Harcourt last Friday. … read more
Oil workers have resolved to continue their suspended strike should government fail to urgently convene a stakeholders� summit to address security issues in the Niger Delta. President of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Peter Akpatason … read more
TWO naval personnel and an unspecified number of State Secret Service (SSS) operatives were reported kidnapped yesterday during a clash between suspected militants and men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) off an oil platform in Soku, Akuku-Toru Local Government … read more
As the security situation in the Niger Delta degenerates, foreigners in the region now go in groups to avoid being kidnapped by the daring militants. Findings by our correspondent in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, at the weekend, showed … read more
Tension mounted in Delta State on Sunday as the remains of two of the five soldiers and an employee of Shell Petroleum Development Company, murdered on Friday by irate youths in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of … read more
Kidnappers who are holding five Chinese telecom workers in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta have asked for a ransom, the chairperson of the local government area where the abduction took place said on Monday. Gunmen broke into the rented apartment … read more