Gunmen attacked a southern Nigerian oil export terminal belonging to a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni SpA early Thursday, taking three Italians and a Lebanese hostage and killing another person, officials said. The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta claimed … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) rose from a meeting in Warri, Delta State, yesterday warning Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, South-south governors, among other Presidential aspirants, to forget about ruling the country. … read more
THE newly commissioned N50 billion Omoku gas turbine project in Rivers State has come under the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which has invited some officials of the state government and Rockson Engineering, the firm that … read more
MEND STATEMENT AM 8TH Dec 2006 Today December 7, 2006 from 0600hrs to 0800hrs, fighters of the movement from the emancipation of the Niger delta, attacked and destroyed the AGIP installation in brass in the Niger delta. This attack was … read more
U .S. Consulate General, Lagos Warden Message The U.S. Government has received information that a militant Niger Delta group has reportedly recruited and trained militants for renewed attacks on oil installations and expatriate oil workers in the Niger Delta region. … read more
U .S. Consulate General, Lagos Warden Message December 8, 2006 Parts of Nigeria have often experienced and increase in crime during the holiday season. Lagos and other large cities are among those areas usually affected. Even Victoria and Ikoyi islands, … read more
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria has threatened to call out its members on strike, if urgent steps are not taken to resolve the lingering feud between the union and an American oil firm, Wilbros … read more
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday declared that Vice-President Atiku Abubakar would not be eligible to contest the 2007 presidential election on its platform even if he won a court case challenging his three-month suspension by the party. But Abubakar, … read more
Mixed reactions have trailed the operations of the Rivers State Independent Power Plant, which was inaugurated by President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday. While some residents of Port Harcourt said there was a marginal stability in the supply of power to … read more
Nigerian gunmen attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta early on Thursday and kidnapped three expatriate workers, the commander of the armed forces in the region told Reuters. Alfred Ilogho said the gunmen tried to storm Agip’s … read more