Militants claim attack on Shell-operated pipeline in restive Niger Delta; Shell denies attack A Nigerian militant group claims to have attacked an oil ...
The main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta called off its cease-fire with the government Saturday morning, dealing a potential death blow ...
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped three British workers and one Colombian on Tuesday in an attack on their convoy near the oil hub Port Harcourt, a government spokeswoman and security sources said. A Nigerian security officer was killed ...
Gunmen kidnapped three Britons and a Colombian working for Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Tuesday, shooting dead their police escort, police and security sources said. The four were seized around 0600 GMT on a road leading from the southern oil city of ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president made his first public comment on Tuesday since being hospitalized more than seven weeks ago in Saudi Arabia for a heart condition, saying he was recovering and hoped to return home soon. Doubts over President Umaru Yar'Adua's ...
Chevron pipeline in Nigeria attacked in restive Niger Delta in new spate of violence Unknown gunmen attacked a Chevron Corp. crude oil pipeline running through Nigeria's restive Niger Delta, a new sign of violence in a region supposedly brought under control by ...
Nigeria's main rebel armed group in the restive oil producing Nigeri Delta on Saturday said it had a hand in an attack on a Chevron crude oil pipeline which forced a shut in of 20,000 barrels a day. "This attack was sanctioned ...
Nigeria's main rebel group has warned that the country has become a "threat to world peace" and a fertile ground for Islamic extremism following a Nigerian's botched attempt to blow up a passenger jet over the United States. The Movement for the ...
Nigeria's main rebel group Saturday said it attacked an oil pipeline operated by Shell and Chevron, ending a two-month truce, and accused the government of using the president's ill-health to stall peace talks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ...
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian militants said on Saturday they had carried out their first attack on an oil pipeline since an amnesty offer because the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua was delaying peace talks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger ...
Nigerian authorities announced Wednesday the creation of five committees that will address oil, environmental and disarmament issues, following an amnesty in the southern Niger Delta. "As a further step towards ensuring the consolidation of the amnesty process, the president has approved the ...
About 61,000 barrels of crude of oil giant Anglo-Dutch Shell were spilled in Nigeria last year, mostly due to the activities of Niger Delta armed militants, company document said on Wednesday. "In 2008, saboteurs spilled almost 48,000 barrels of oil in 140 ...
