Militants attacked a natural gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria’s southern delta on Wednesday, killing at least four soldiers and kidnapping five South Korean contractors. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which launched … read more
Latest abduction by militants highlights mounting insecurity in Niger delta. Five South Koreans and a Nigerian were kidnapped and six soldiers were killed during a militant attack between 24.00 and 01.00 on 7 June near Port Harcourt (Rivers state). The … read more
Two men were killed and a woman seriously wounded at Idama (Ekulama Community), Akuku Toru Council of Rivers State when gunmen sailing in speedboats opened fire on the waterfront of the community. Althouth the identity of the attackers could not … read more
WARRI � IJAW Youth Council (IYC) has warned the multinational oil companies working on the new Federal Government’s Liquefied Natural Gas Project at Olokola, Ogun state to be alert when laying pipelines for the project across Ijaw communities in order … read more
PORT HARCOURT � suspected cultists in Marine Base reportedly killed a youth in the early hours of yesterday. Sources in the area who narrated the incident to Vanguard said the assailants numbering over ten stormed the deceased’s residence around 2am. … read more
A WAVE of rallies yesterday swept through some cities in the Niger Delta area, with the organisers calling for a South-South President next year. The protests took place in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Asaba, the capitals of Cross River, Rivers … read more
Gunmen storm an oil rig 40 miles offshore in the dead of night and capture eight foreign workers. Hostages are held in remote creeks for 38 days. Militants use mobile phones to blow up a car bomb at an army … read more
The devices will monitor, detect and prevent the frequent vandalisation of oil pipelines and the destruction of oil installations across the country. And oil companies are willing to pay for the modern security system in the form of security tax. … read more
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has decided to investage the May 2, 2006 face-off between Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) and its host communities, just as the federal government has released the six suspected militant youths from Ibeno in Akwa … read more
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES 3. Militant Raid and Kidnapping. Armed Militants raided an offshore oil rig in Nigeria before dawn on Friday, abducting eight (08) foreign oil workers which include six (06) Britons, one (01) American and one (01) Canadian. No group … read more