Bourbon Interoil Nigeria Ltd Vessel Released By Hijackers

A French oil services firm, Bourbon Interoil Nigeria Ltd, has said that its vessel which was hijacked on Sunday by unknown gunmen in speedboats in the Niger Delta, and its nine crew members had been released unharmed. How People Arrived Here: bourbon...

General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army has Sentenced Six Soldiers to Life Imprisonment for Selling Weapons

A General Court Martial (GCM) of the Nigerian Army, Tuesday sentenced six soldiers to life imprisonment for selling military weapons of various descriptions, stolen between January 2000 and December 2006 from the depots of the Nigerian Army located at...

Militants in Nigeria’s Southern Delta have Destroyed the Myth That Offshore Oilfields are Safe

Militants in Nigeria’s southern delta have destroyed the myth that offshore oilfields are safe by attacking, last week, Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Bonga field, which lies some 120 kilometers into Atlantic waters. With the Nigerian military apparently...

Nigerian Military Denies Any Soldier Killed in Attack on Shell Facilities

Spokesman for the Military Joint Task Force (JTF) stationed in the Niger Delta, State, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa said no soldier was killed in Monday’s attack on a flow station belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) by militants...

Nigeria’s Niger Delta Militants Issue New Threat

In Nigeria, the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it intends to spread its agitation from the oil-rich region to other parts of Nigeria. In an email sent to journalists late Thursday, the group said it will attack...