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Nigerian militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their ”oil war” to offshore oilfields.
Rival factions clash in Nigeria oil region
Rival militant factions in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have clashed in an apparent turf war, killing at least four people.
Rights group: 800 000 have been evicted in Abuja
A human rights group said on Thursday that 800 000 residents of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, were forcibly evicted over a four-year period as town planners sought to clear space…
Nigeria says gunmen hijack oil-services boat
Unidentified gunmen in Nigeria’s restive south have hijacked an oil-services vessel carrying 11 crew members, the military said on Wednesday. The hijackers are demanding about…
Tensions back on the rise in Nigeria oil delta
A protest outside an oil company compound, a high-profile kidnapping and a troop incursion into a militant stronghold on Monday were all signs of the renewed tension in Nigeria’s…
Nigerian forces free kidnapped Briton
Nigerian troops freed a kidnapped British national during a dawn raid on Friday in a village on the outskirts of the country’s oil industry hub of Port Harcourt, a military…
Troops patrol Nigerian oil city after gun battles
Many residents were too afraid to leave their homes in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s main oil, on Friday and troops patrolled the streets after dozens were killed in gun battles. Up…
Nigerian troops battle gangs in oil city
Nigerian troops and gangsters fought gun battles in the oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, killing several people, army and private security sources said. The army launched a…
Gang war rages in Nigerian oil city
Gang fighting entered its sixth day in the anarchic oil city of Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria on Saturday with authorities acknowledging 11 deaths and residents and media…
Nigerian boy freed by kidnappers
A Nigerian three-year-old boy has been released by his kidnappers one day after he was snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, the boy’s father said on Friday.…
Nigerian kidnappers demand $78 600 for three-year-old
Nigerian kidnappers have demanded 10-million naira (Â 600) for a three-year-old boy they snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, relatives of the toddler said…
Nigerian troops repel delta raid on Daewoo camp
Nigerian troops repelled an attack on a construction site run by Korean firm Daewoo in the Niger Delta in the early hours of Tuesday, killing some of the attackers. The attack…
Nigerian kidnappers demand money for child
The Nigerian kidnappers of a three-year-old British girl have demanded money and negotiations to secure her release are about to start, the girl’s mother told Reuters on Friday.…
First step to peace in Delta
Most people get perhaps one chance in a lifetime to make a truly grand entrance. Not so Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, the Ijaw leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force who was…
Nigerian oil pipeline protest enters third day
A protest by villagers at a major oil export pipeline complex in Nigeria entered a third day on Thursday and no crude was flowing through the facility, a protest leader said.…