Awwal 10, 1432, Feb 13, 2011, SPA -- At least 11 people were trampled to death on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.
Thousands of ruling party (...)
Awwal 09, 1432 H/Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- A police official in Nigeria says 31 people have been injured in a stampede at an election rally in the oil-rich southern delta attended by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Rivers state police spokesman Rita (...)
At least 20 bus passengers were killed in Nigeria on Saturday when a cable fell onto the bus and electrocuted people inside, police said.
Police confirmed 20 deaths, but spokeswoman Rita Abbey said the toll could climb further.
More than 10 (...)
Unidentified gunmen seized six Filipino seamen Saturday from a boat plying the
waterways of Nigeria's southern oil delta region, while a
British kidnap victim was released in the same area,
officials said according to AP.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa (...)
Nigerian gunmen
killed a crew member of a supply vessel and abducted another in
the latest attack on the oil industry in the restive Niger
Delta, the army said on Sunday, according to Reuters.
The Fulmar Lamnco, operated by the local unit of (...)
Eight foreign oil workers
were released unharmed Saturday, hours after being kidnapped at gunpoint by six unidentified men in a speed boat, a Nigerian military spokesman said according to Associated Press.
No ransom was paid to obtain the release (...)
Unidentified men in a speed boat seized eight foreign oil workers at gunpoint Saturday, AP quoted a military official as saying.
The expatriates were aboard a liquefied petroleum gas tanker off the coast of Nigeria's restive river Niger delta when (...)
The military says gunmen attacked a second oil-industry security vessel this week in
Southern Nigeria and left at least one person dead.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa says the vessel attacked Tuesday was
escorting a convoy near an oil rig. He gave no (...)
The Nigerian military says hijackers have seized a vessel with eight Navy sailors
onboard.
The boat was providing security for oil companies in
restive southern Nigeria, the Associated Press reported.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said the attack was (...)
Nigeria's army
confirmed on Monday there had been an explosion at an oil
facility owned by Royal Dutch Shell.
"There was an explosion at a facility owned by Shell near
Awoba flow station," said Sagir Musa, military spokesman in
Rivers (...)
The military says gunmen in
Nigeria's southern oil region have hijacked an oil-services
vessel with 11 crewmembers onboard, the Associated Press reported.
Military spokesman Maj. Sagir Musa says the unknown
hijackers are demanding about (...)