Topic: Joint Revolutionary Council

Fresh oil war threat for new Nigerian leader

Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria's oil industry, giving the African country's newly-installed president weeks to address their demands.Goodluck Jonathan, a native of the delta, was sworn in last ...
<div><p>Nigerian rebels claimed Friday to have blown up an oil plant in the restive Niger Delta region and threatened further raids, adding to the mounting crises facing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.</p><p>A previously unknown militant group, the Joint ...
Nigerian militant group claims attack on oil facility run by Italian firm Agip Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta announced Thursday they had attacked a major pipeline junction run by the Italian firm Agip, only days after claiming responsibility for another attack ...

Shell reports attack on Nigerian flowstation

Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell on Wednesday reported an attack on its flowstation in southern Nigeria, but said the facility was not producing at the time of the incident."We confirm explosive damage to a part of Kokori flowstation but the facility was ...