LAGOS (AFP) — Eight foreign workers seized overnight near a major oil export terminal in southern Nigeria were released late Saturday, an army spokesman

By Gilbert da Costa The head of Nigeria's House of Representatives has warned that spiraling violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta is now a major national

In the early hours of Saturday, a group of gunmen in a speed boat attacked a petroleum tanker on the Bonny river in the south of the country.

NAIROBI, July 26 (Itar-Tass) - Eight foreigners were seized by militants in the Niger River delta on Saturday. Thus the total number of hostages seized by

Five sailors from Russia and Ukraine are being held hostage by militants in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, according to reports.

By Editorial The recent arrest of 15 Filipinos by the military Joint Task Force (JTF) responsible for enforcing peace in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta

Abuja - Niger Delta militants abducted eight foreigners in an attack on an oil tanker early Saturday, reports said. Two people were also shot dead and two

Port Hardcourt (Nigeria), July 26: Unidentified men in a speed boat seized eight foreign oil workers at gunpoint on Saturday, a military official said.

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, July 25 (Reuters) - More than a dozen gunmen in speedboats kidnapped two oil engineers, one from the Philippines and one Nigerian,