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Korean firm paid N30m for release of abducted workers, suspects arrest...

January 4, 2013 no comments

Bayelsa state police spokesman Fidelis Odunna has revealed that Hyundai Heavy Industries had paid about N30 million ($187,000) to kidnappers to secure the freedom of four abducted South Korean worker...

Four sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast

December 24, 2012 no comments

The International Maritime Bureau has reported the kidnapping of four more foreigners in Nigeria’s delta region. According to the Associated Press, the anti-piracy watchdog said four sailors we...

Four Korean workers, Nigerian colleague freed by kidnappers in Bayelsa...

December 23, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s foreign ministry in a statement on Saturday announced the safe release of four Korean workers, who were kidnapped in Bayelsa state. The foreigners, all workers at Hyndai Heavy Industr...

Gunmen kidnap four foreigners and two Nigerians in Bayelsa

December 18, 2012 no comments

Gunmen have kidnapped four foreigners and two Nigerians working for South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries in Bayelsa state, police said on Monday. “At about 15:30 (1430 GMT) today, some ...

Bayelsa helicopter crash: eyewitness reports fill in the blanks

December 17, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s military announced on Sunday that they have begun a probe into the cause of Saturday’s helicopter crash in Bayelsa that led to the demise of Kaduna state Gov. Patrick Yakowa, fo...

What late Governor Yakowa’s wife regrets the most

December 17, 2012 no comments

Weeping from the pain and grief of losing her loved one, Amina Yakowa, widow of late Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, said her worst regret is not praying with her husband the last time she saw ...

Gov. Dickson declares three days of mourning in Bayelsa in honour of Y...

December 16, 2012 no comments

Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, on Sunday declared three days of mourning for the late Governor Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser Owoye Azazi, both of whom died along with ...

“The Yakowa I met few hours before he died” by Cosmas Asog...

December 16, 2012 no comments

The most cheerful man I met today (Saturday) was Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State. Upon alighting from the doomed chopper aircraft that brought him into Okoroba, Bayelsa State, he was beaming ...

President Jonathan orders probe into Bayelsa helicopter crash, plus th...

December 15, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a probe into the tragic helicopter crash in Bayelsa state that claimed the lives of Kaduna state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, former NSA G...

Updated: Helicopter carrying Nigerian government officials crashes in ...

December 15, 2012 no comments

A helicopter carrying Nigerian government officials has crashed in Bayelsa State, according to the Associated Press. It is not clear how many injuries occurred in the crash. Radio reports said at lea...

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