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Presidential aide warns of “dire consequences” in Niger De...

April 26, 2013 no comments

Recent startling comments attributed to the chairman of the amnesty programme in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta, Kingsley Kuku, has not only raised eyebrows, but also questions about how long the ten...

Northern youths dismiss MEND threats as “callous and counter-pro...

April 16, 2013 no comments

Northern youths have dismissed Sunday’s threats by southern militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, to launch a religious war as “unfortunate, callous and counter-pr...

MEND threatens religious war on May 31, say only the Church and Henry ...

April 15, 2013 1 comment

Southern militia group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is set to embark on a self-assigned mission to “save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation” by instigatin...

“Gate of hell let loose” – MEND rejects jail sentenc...

March 26, 2013 1 comment

Militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has rejected the sentence on its former leader Henry Okah, who was sentenced by the South Guateng High Court in South Afri...

Pirates kidnap three off coast of Nigeria

March 7, 2013 no comments

Three crew members have been kidnapped in another pirate attack off the coast of Nigeria, Reuters reported. According to the report, the pirates attacked an oil industry supply vessel on Monday and a...

“Significant upsurge” in oil theft could lead to crisis &#...

March 4, 2013 no comments

A “significant upsurge” in oil theft and pipeline vandalism could lead to a crisis in Nigeria, head of Shell’s Nigerian oil unit said on Sunday, according to the Financial Times. In...

Five Indian sailors kidnapped in pirate attack off Niger Delta

December 19, 2012 no comments

Armed pirates on Monday attacked an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria, stealing personal belongings and kidnapping five Indian crew members, according to the BBC. The ship, SP Brussels, was attacke...

Groups hail ECOWAS Court judgement holding Nigerian govt., multination...

December 17, 2012 no comments

A judgement by the West African region ECOWAS court which holds the Nigerian government and multinationals responsible for years of pollution in the oil-rich Niger Delta is being hailed by activists ...

Gunmen kidnap seven sailors off Nigerian coast

October 18, 2012 no comments

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a ship operated by a French oil and gas services company off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping six Russian sailors and an Estonian in th...

Shell rejects Nigerian farmers’ compensation suit

October 11, 2012 no comments

Oil-producing giant Royal Dutch Shell has denied claims made by four Nigerian farmers that the firm should pay compensation for damages done to their land. The Niger Delta farmers told a Dutch court ...

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