Nigeria’s biggest armed group dismissed an amnesty offer from the government as ”unrealistic” on Friday.
Nigeria’s main militant group on Saturday threatened to sabotage a multibillion-dollar plan to pipe Nigerian gas to Europe across the Sahara desert.
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/ 18 February 2009
Gunmen attacked a compound housing ExxonMobil staff in the Niger Delta but were repulsed after a fierce battle the oil company said on Wednesday.
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/ 17 February 2009
Gunmen attacked two oil facilities operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria’s restive south, a private security official said on Tuesday.
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/ 17 February 2009
Gunmen in motor boats attacked oil-producing Equatorial Guinea’s island capital early on Tuesday, triggering a fire fight with government forces.
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/ 8 February 2009
Nigerian militants attacked a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta on Saturday and warned of more attacks to come.
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/ 14 January 2009
Nigeria’s main armed militant group on Wednesday threatened to end a ceasefire by attacking the military after a gang leader was killed by soldiers.
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/ 25 November 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group warned on Tuesday it may end a unilateral ceasefire and launch attacks across the Niger Delta.
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/ 30 September 2008
Nigerian authorities rounded up about 300 suspects after an armed group in the Niger Delta declared a ceasefire following attacks.
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/ 22 September 2008
Oil prices rose on Monday as investors grappled with the possible effects on crude demand of a -billion US proposal to buy bad mortgage debt.
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/ 21 September 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Sunday it had begun a ceasefire after a week of clashes with the military and attacks on oil installations.
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/ 20 September 2008
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Saturday it had destroyed a major oil pipeline belonging to Royal Dutch Shell.
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/ 19 September 2008
Nigerian militants clashed with each other in the Niger Delta, a military spokesperson said on Friday, highlighting a complex security situation.
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/ 17 September 2008
Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their ”oil war” to offshore oilfields.
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/ 16 September 2008
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday confirmed an overnight attack on one of its pipelines in southern Nigeria.
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/ 15 September 2008
Nigerian militants on Monday attacked a Shell-operated oil installation, forcing the evacuation of nearly 100 people.
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/ 15 September 2008
Militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil flow station on Monday in a third day of heavy fighting with security forces in the Niger Delta region.
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/ 13 September 2008
Nigerian militants on Saturday warned oil firms in the Niger Delta to withdraw their workers in the next 24 hours or face a hurricane of retaliation.
Nigeria’s most prominent militant group on Monday accused the military of killing 12 civilians, but the army said nobody was hurt in such an incident.
The main militant group in Nigeria said on Thursday that two German workers kidnapped more than a month ago will be freed.
Nigeria’s main militant group repeated its warning on Sunday that it will target foreign workers with the country’s biggest construction firm.
A Nigerian militant group threatened on Monday to attack foreign workers with construction firm Julius Berger if it does not halt operations.
Rival militant factions in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have clashed in an apparent turf war, killing at least four people.
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days.
Threatened with beheading and harried by pirates, people fleeing the Niger Delta’s Bonny Island this weekend struggled to reach Port Harcourt.
The most high-profile rebel group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta said on Thursday it was suspending a two-week-old unilateral ceasefire.
With unrest in the Niger Delta cutting into oil output, Nigeria has made peace efforts a priority, but has little to show for its efforts.
Nigerian security forces have clashed with militants believed to be responsible for an attack on Royal Dutch Shell’s main offshore Bonga oilfield.
Rebels from Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Monday they had attacked a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline and killed 11 soldiers, but the army denied there had been any attack. The rebel Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in a statement that it had sabotaged the Shell pipeline at Awoba flow station.
Nigeria has become the world piracy ”hot spot”, with its prized oil industry a particular target, and the raiders have exposed flaws in the country’s security. Despite the massive revenues earned from oil, officials concede Nigeria is ill-equipped to combat pirates who ply the seas with speed boats, modern machine guns and radios.
Record oil prices should mean boom times for Nigeria’s oil industry, but rising militant violence, labour unrest and years of government neglect cast a shadow over its future. Africa’s largest oil producer saw its two million barrel-a-day production halved last month by an eight-day strike at United States oil major Exxon Mobil.
Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by United States presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has launched five attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta since it resumed a campaign of violence in April.