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US Consulate Warden Message – Niger Delta Region

U.S. Consulate General, Lagos Warden Message November 3, 2006 United States Consulate, Lagos, Nigeria Consular Section 2 Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Tel: 01-261-0078/1414 E-mail: lagoscons2@state.gov The U.S. Government has learned that as of late October 2006, a … read more

Sven agent denies Nigeria job reports

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s agent denied reports that the former England coach is in talks to take charge of Nigeria’s national soccer team. Reports that the Swede talked with Nigerian officials about the job ten days ago were sparked by comments made … read more

U.S. Team Joins Nigeria Air Crash Probe

A four-member team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board joined Nigerian investigators Wednesday in trying to unravel why a Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed on takeoff, killing 96 people, government officials said. The American investigators arrived in Nigeria late … read more

More on the latest kidnapping

Armed gunmen seized two expatriate oil workers – a Briton and an American – during a raid on a Norwegian oil services ship off Nigeria’s southern coast, officials and the oil company said today. The two were seized before dawn … read more

Police Arrest Expatriate Hostage Takers

The Police in Rivers State have announced the arrest and subsequent detention of six persons alleged to be the brain behind kidnapping of expatriate workers in in the Niger Delta region especially Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. The police which … read more