Detained Niger Delta activist and youth leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo has called for the unconditional release of the German national held hostage by a militant group in the Niger-Delta just as he denied any involvement in the hostage taking. A … read more
Militant group’s warning of further attacks to heighten insecurity in Niger delta The militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on 8 August stated that it would launch fresh attacks on oil interests across the western and … read more
Two Norwegian oil workers were kidnapped from a supply ship off the Nigerian coast, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday. Norwegian media reported a Briton and a Ukrainian were also taken from the ship, owned by Norwegian shipping company Trico Supply, … read more
Two Norwegians and two Ukrainians working on an oil supply vessel in Nigeria have been kidnapped, the Norwegian government and the ship operators said on Wednesday. “Two Norwegians and two Ukrainians were kidnapped late on Tuesday while they were on … read more
Demonstrations and Crowds: Victoria Island and Lekki Peninsula The wake for the late Funsho Williams will be held this evening, at 5:00 p.m., at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. A memorial ceremony will take place at the same location tomorrow, Thursday … read more
Two Norwegians and two Ukrainians were kidnapped at gunpoint from an oil services ship off the coast of Nigeria on Wednesday, the latest in a series of abductions in Africa’s top oil producer, authorities said. In a separate hostage crisis … read more
Nigeria has begun pulling its troops out of the Bakassi peninsula ahead of Friday’s deadline to hand it over to Cameroon, the Nigerian military said on Monday. The International Court of Justice ruled in 2002 that Nigeria should turn over … read more
An oil services firm, Halliburton, has paid N711 million to a community in Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt in Rivers State as compensation over a major industrial pollution from the company�s facilities that affected the area in June 1996. The payment … read more
A unit of Halliburton is under investigation by the UKs Serious Fraud Office over the US oil service companys part in an alleged plot to pay more than 170 mln usd of bribes to win work at a Nigerian gas … read more
Worried by increasing use of small arms by students of tertiary institutions in the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, has warned parents and guardians not to allow their wards to be used by politicians and other … read more