Tag: Niger Delta
Nigeria plans talks with oil region on grievances, continues army crackdown
Nigeria's president on Sunday said he would hold talks with leaders in the oil-producing Delta region to address their grievances in a...
Military push, economic hardship fuel insurgency in Nigeria’s Delta
Slumped in a chair at Port Harcourt airport in Nigeria's Delta region, community leader Udengs Eradiri warns that attacks on oil facilities...
Niger Delta militant attack shuts down Chevron facility
Chevron's onshore activities in Nigeria's Niger Delta have been shut down by a militant attack at its Escravos terminal, a company source...
Nigeria’s Buhari orders heightened military presence in restive Niger Delta
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he ordered a heightened military presence in the restive Niger Delta region to deal with...
Nigerian ex-militants call for end to Niger Delta pipeline attacks
Former militants have called for a halt to a resurgence of attacks on oil and gas facilities in Nigeria's Niger Delta, saying...
ENI gas pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta attacked
Unknown attackers have blown up a gas pipeline belonging to Italy's ENI in Nigeria's Niger Delta, residents and the company said on...
Nigeria’s Buhari needs to address grievances in Delta after militant attacks
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari needs to address grievances in the Delta region where militants have been blowing up oil pipelines in a...
‘Avengers’ threaten new insurgency in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta
They call themselves the Niger Delta Avengers. Little is known about the new radical group that has claimed a series of pipeline...
Gunmen kill five security personnel in Nigerian Delta, oil companies evacuate...
Gunmen killed two policemen in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta as they slept in a security post on Monday evening and three soldiers...
Gunmen kill four Nigerian policemen in Niger Delta
Gunmen killed four Nigerian policemen in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta on Monday, police said.
The officers were ambushed in the Okobie community...
Shell workers evacuated from Bonga field after militant threat: union
Shell workers at Nigeria's Bonga oil field in the southern Niger Delta are being evacuated following a militant threat, a senior labour...
Nigeria pipeline saboteurs vow further Niger Delta attacks
A group that claimed responsibility for a major attack on a pipeline in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta region said it will carry out...
Nigeria arrests six over pipeline attacks, destroys two mini refineries
Nigeria has arrested six people alleged to have attacked oil pipelines and has also destroyed two illegal refineries in the oil-producing southern...
Nigeria arrests person suspected of bombing ENI pipeline
Nigeria has arrested a person suspected of having bombed an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's ENI in the southern Delta region, the...
Nigeria to train thousands of unemployed Delta youths
Nigeria plans to train as many as 10,000 youths a year for skilled work in the Delta region to try to stop...
Arrest warrant issued for former Niger Delta militant Tompolo
Nigerian authorities issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for a former militant leader from the oil-producing Niger Delta region after he failed...
Nigeria’s Delta amnesty programme to continue for at least 1 year
Nigeria's amnesty programme for former Niger Delta militants will continue for at least another year contrary to expectations that it was due...
Tensions build in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta
Enjoying a chilled cider in a hotel pool bar, former Nigerian militant leader Ebi John has a simple message for President Muhammadu...
Gunmen kill nine, gas pipeline hit in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta
Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline,...
Pirate gangs in multiple attacks, abductions in Nigeria’s oil delta
Pirates have launched a spate of attacks in the creeks of Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region since last Thursday, killing three policemen...