Topic: Niger Delta
A U.S. citizen working for Marubeni Corp who was kidnapped in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta on Jan. 20 has been released, police and the U.S ...
An American kidnapped last week in Nigeria and held for a reported $310,000 ransom has been released, the US embassy said Friday.. . William ...
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has said that he has quit partisan politics, but added that he will, henceforth, provide ...
Niger Delta communities that were affected by the recent oil spill at Bonga deepwater field have given Shell and the Federal Government one-week...
An Italian construction worker kidnapped in Nigeria's main oil region has been freed after being held for a day and following a ransom demand of more than $700,000, officials said Thursday."He was released on the 10th of December," said ...
An overloaded passenger boat capsized in southern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, though several others were rescued, including a pregnant woman and a child, officials said Wednesday.The wooden boat was travelling between an area called Eagle Island and Mgbuodohia of ...
ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen boarded two fishing vessels just off the coast of Nigeria and took two people hostage, security sources said on Saturday, the latest in a series of hijackings in the waters around Africa's largest oil business.The captains of ...
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Anglo-Dutch energy major Shell said on Sunday it was containing a new oil spill in Nigeria's onshore delta, the latest in a string of leaks from the company's pipelines, which it has blamed on sabotage attacks and ...
Oil and gas production from the Nigerian joint venture led by Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) has shown a year-on-year decline for the first time in...
The office of President Goodluck Jonathan's, summing up his first 100 days in office, declared that one of his administration's achievements was...
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In 2008 an oil pipeline owned by Shell, failed and ...2011-08-04
