Nigerian 'blood oil' crew paraded Jul 19, 2008
The military "paraded" them in front of local media in Warri, but they denied stealing crude oil. This comes as the government shelved plans for a peace summit to address the Niger Delta conflict. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria: UK Offers to Train Army to Battle Militants Jul 14, 2008
The arrested crew members were detained at the JTF headquarters in Warri, Delta State, he said. The JTF commander said the task force was not only fighting crude oil theft, but also making efforts to wipe out militancy in the region. (allAfrica.com)
Govt, Oil Companies Count Losses Jun 29, 2008
Obviously hardest hit by this crisis in the Niger Delta is Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, which has completely shut-in production from its Western Division of Warri where the company produces about 500,000 barrels per day. Some 30-party operators on Shell facilities in this region are also affected. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
US beef imports set to resume Jun 22, 2008
NIGERIA Pipeline breach stops oil production WARRI - Chevron Corp. said yesterday that a breached pipeline prompted the shutdown of its onshore oil production. Nigerian media reported that militants sabotaged the pipeline in the Niger Delta. (Boston Globe)
Chevron Shuts Down Nigerian Production Jun 22, 2008
Chevron says pipeline breached in Nigeria - Forbes. Associated PressChevron says pipeline breached in NigeriaBy NATHANIEL IBIGOR 06. (Forbes)
Nigerian security operatives launch manhunt for militantsLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Security operatives in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta region may have begun a manhunt for the militants behind the unending spate of attacks on oil installations in the region, the Punch newspaper reported Sunday. 22/06/2008 Full Text... Jun 22, 2008
Consequently, one of the oil companies, Chevron, has shut down its swamp operati ons in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, which produce about. 180,000 barrels of crude oil per day. (Panapress.com)
Chevron Says Pipeline Breached in Nigeria Jun 22, 2008
WARRI, Nigeria -- Chevron Corp. says a breached Nigerian pipeline has caused the company to shut down its onshore oil production. Chevron said in a statement Saturday that it shut its onshore production to protect the environment after the pipeline breach, but gave no firm figures. (Newsmax)
Nigeria: Militants Attack Shell's Bonga Offshore Platform Jun 20, 2008
The Bonga FPSO is located 120 nautical miles off the coastal waters of Warri, in Delta State. It is 120 minutes flight time from Lagos. (allAfrica.com)
Niger Delta Leaders Challenge Govt Jun 9, 2008
But the Minister for Special Duties, Office of the Presidency, Elder Godsday Orubebe, who spoke to Vanguard in Warri on the anger of the people, pleaded with them to give Gambari a chance, saying the diplomat has done Nigeria proud and would perform creditably if he is appointed to chair the summit. His view was supported by former civilian governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who told Vanguard: "To say the honest truth, I don't see anything wrong with the choice of Gambari as the... (allAfrica.com)
Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100' May 16, 2008
NIGERIA PIPELINE DISASTERS December 2007: At least 40 people killed in Lagos December 2006: At least 250 killed in Lagos May 2006: At least 150 killed in Lagos Dec 2004: At least 20 killed in Lagos Sept 2004: At least 60 killed in Lagos June 2003: At least 105 killed in Abia State Jul 2000: At least 300 killed in Warri Mar 2000: At least 50 killed in Abia State Oct 1998: At least 1,000 killed in Jesse. As firefighters fought the blaze with sand and water, for much of the evening families... (BBC News)
Nigeria:100 Die in Lagos Explosion May 16, 2008
Jul 2000: At least 300 killed in Warri. Mar 2000: At least 50 killed in Abia State. (allAfrica.com)
Scores die in oil inferno May 16, 2008
More than 1000 villagers burnt to death in 1998 in Jesse, near the southern Delta state oil city of Warri, following the vandalisation of a fuel pipeline. Victims were suspected of scooping petrol to sell on the black market. (iAfrica.com)
UN warns that second Cyclone could hit Burma in next 24 hours May 15, 2008
HARRISON IREVI, O., WARRI, NIGERIA. I heard one NGO leader suggest that Myanmar could allow foreign aid workers to enter by taking their name, confiscating their passport, returning the passport when the aid worker departs the country and thus ensuring that no 'undesirables' settle in Myanmar. (Times Online)
Seattle colleagues say filmmakers detained in Nigeria knew danger Apr 18, 2008
Joel Bisina, a peace mediator and founder of Niger Delta Professionals for Development in Warri, was traveling with them. "We're anxious to get news that they are safe and well and hoping to hear some good news very soon," Wood said. (Havre Daily News, MT)
Nigeria the new pirate capital of world Apr 17, 2008
Military policemen patrol the creeks of the Omadino community in Warri South district of the Niger Delta. Seafarers suffered 49 attacks between January and March around the world, up 20 percent from the 41 recorded in the same period last year, the International Maritime Bureau said in a report by its piracy reporting center in Malaysia. (CNN -- World)
Local Film Crew Released From Detention In Nigeria Apr 17, 2008
Joel Bisina, a peace mediator and founder of Niger Delta Professionals for Development in Warri, was traveling with them. Copyright. (Q13.com, WA)
Joplin woman among film-crew arrested in Nigeria Apr 16, 2008
NATHANIEL IBIGOR Associated Press Writer WARRI, Nigeria ... According to a news release issued Sunday in Seattle, the Americans were Sandi Cioffi, director of the documentary "Sweet Crude," Tammi Sims, Cliff Worsham and Sean Porter, also part of the crew, and Joel Bisina, a peace mediator and founder of Niger Delta Professionals for Development in Warri. (Havre Daily News, MT)
4 in Seattle-based film group arrested in Nigeria Apr 15, 2008
WARRI, Nigeria - A woman originally from Montana is among four members of a Seattle-based film crew detained along with a Nigerian man for illegally traveling by boat in restive southern Nigeria, officials said ... According to a news release issue issued Sunday in Seattle, the Americans were Sandi Cioffi, director of the documentary "Sweet Crude;" Tammi Sims, Cliff Worsham and Sean Porter, also part of the crew, and Joel Bisina, a peace mediator and founder of Niger Delta Professionals for... (Montana Standard, MT)
Explosions rock Agip oil wells in Delta Apr 14, 2008
It was learnt that Agip had begun evacuating non-key members of staff from the Beniboye fields to safe locations in Port Harcourt in Rivers State and Warri, Delta State ... The officer added that such a report would first be made at its zonal office in Warri before getting it across to Lagos ... "We are not in a position to either deny or confirm the story. It happened at the weekend according to you, so they will first make a report to our zonal office in Warri before sending us a report,... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Soldiers Hold 7, Operatives Uncover Plot Against Oil Facilities Apr 13, 2008
HEAVILY armed Nigerian soldiers on the outskirts of Warri yesterday arrested about seven men while on their way to an Ijaw village in the western delta creeks. The arrested men included five Americans and two Nigerians, including a Nigerian/American civil worker, Joel Bisini. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Kidnapped Woman Gives Birth In Captors' Den Mar 29, 2008
From Chido Okafor, Warri ... The company's management, it was learnt had kept sealed lips on the incident and failed to inform security agencies in Warri, in order to avoid the adverse publicity the incident would attract ... When contacted yesterday, a senior police officer at the Warri Area command, said the matter had not been reported to them. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
How Obasanjo dictated fuel prices, by NNPC boss Mar 26, 2008
Yar'Adua has also put the domestic consumption by domestic refineries at 445, 000 barrels per day with Port Harcourt Refinery getting the highest volume of 210, 000 barrels daily; Warri, 125, 000; and Kaduna Refinery and Petro-Chemical Company receiving 110, 000 barrels. In his explanation, Yar'Adua said the number of firms, which began lifting the crude on the first day of March to the December 31, 2008, was reduced from 47 to 28 because of shut-ins. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Govt raises fuel import, recalls bad products Mar 3, 2008
Early last month, the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited came on stream after the repair of Chanomic creeks, which rendered the plant ineffective for several years ... The NNPC Group Managing Director, Abubakar Lawal Yar'Adua, had stated at an event in Abuja last month that by the time Kaduna and Warri resumed operations, the total output would be in the range of 12 to 13 million litres per day. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
West African Gas Pipeline Delayed Till April - MD Feb 20, 2008
Jack Derickson, Managing Director of the West African Pipeline Company (WAPCo), said the pipeline had been ready since December but the state-owned Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) was still repairing its own system from Warri in the Niger Delta to Itoki. "The current hold-up is repair of the NGC system several hundred miles upstream of WAGP. Our understanding is those repairs are nearly complete," Derickson told Reuters, adding gas was likely to flow by April. (Planet Ark, United States)
Nigeria: Four Bidders Jostle For Nitel Feb 19, 2008
Despite protests from Atiku, BPE went ahead to privatise several public enterprises, including the country's steel companies, NICON Hilton Hotel, Kaduna and Warri refineries, NITEL and M-tel, among others. Describing all privatisation exercises done after the sacking of Atiku as chairman of NCP by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as unconstitutional and illegal, Gella said, "Those were illegal transactions; those are some of the new things we intend to check that were not properly done. You... (allAfrica.com)
Govt overhauls gas sector to end energy crisis Feb 14, 2008
Details of the infrastructure blueprint comprises the creation of three domestic central processing facilities at the Warri/ Forcados area in Delta State, the Akwa Ibom /Calabar section and the Obiafu zone located in the North of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This part of the blueprint, which is under the medium-term plan, also stipulates the development of three major domestic gas transmission systems in Nigeria. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Yar'Adua lists new rules, no politics in projects location Feb 11, 2008
He said the resumption of production at the Warri Refinery was a proof of the President's resolve to put the industry on stream ... The Warri Refinery has resumed production at 70 per cent capacity and is billed to run at 90 per cent by the end of this month. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Govt Panel Indicts Ex-President's Son in N24bn Fraud Feb 6, 2008
"On the resumption of GIHL management at the ASCL and NIOMCO, processed iron ore stored at ASCL were carted away to Warri and sold to interested groups overseas."Sales of the said processed iron ore had continued for a while before the Monitoring Committee assessed what was left at a little over $2, 077, 545, 00. GIHL paid about $1, 000, 000 and just a week into the life of this panel the processed iron ore should not have been sold in the first place. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Blames Obasanjo On Gas Plants Jan 24, 2008
He also confirmed that the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company finally received crude for pumping last Monday ... He disclosed that the Kaduna and Warri refineries will produce gas for domestic consumption while the gas from Port Harcourt refinery would be for export ... Yar'Adua assured that the supply of domestic gas would improve as from next week with the coming on stream of Warri Refinery on Monday, adding that within the next three weeks, Kaduna Refinery would resume production. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria:Oil Splits Two Delta Communities Jan 13, 2008
The then Area Commander of Police in Warri, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) N. Egbochukwu intervened in the matter. That was in April and in May, that same year, the Odimodi community took men of the Nigeria Police to Beniboye community to arrest some persons and the two policemen, Inspector H. Azosibe and Corporal S. Anigegi were abducted and their guns seized. (allAfrica.com)
MEND threatens attack that will cause 'tsunami in the world oil market'Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Niger Delta's main militants have re-statedthe threat they issued earlier in the year to carry out an attack thatwill disrupt the world oil market, while claiming responsibility forthe 'harassment' of four vessels belonging to some oil companies alongthe Bonny River in the oil region Tuesday. 10/01/2008 Full Text... Jan 10, 2008
We reiterate once again our call to civilians especially in the cities of Warri in Delta state, Port-Harcourt and Okrika in Rivers state, and Yenagoa in Bayelsa state to avoid milling around military check points or their vehicles. Our tactics of attack on these enemies of peace and freedom will be limited to remote explosive devices. (Panapress.com)
Nine die in Imo, Delta auto crashes Dec 31, 2007
Monday, December 31, 2007. Monday, December 31, 2007. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
GKS Church observes Christian feast of tabernacle Dec 27, 2007
From Enoch Antwi, GNA Special Correspondent in Warri, Nigeria. Warri, Nigeria, Dec. 27, GNA- God's Kingdom Society (GKS), Church of the Living God, made a procession through the principal streets of Warri, capital town of the Delta State in Nigeria, to mark the end of this year's celebration of the annual Christian Feast of Tabernacle Festival. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Shell suffers losses, plans austerity measures Dec 27, 2007
Besides, the source said that some of the company's contract workers, such as cleaners and drivers at its Warri, Delta State office recently embarked on a strike to protest what they called the late payment of certain welfare packages. He said the multinational noted for its undergraduate and graduate training programmes in oil and gas-related fields had been having problems paying the allowances of the beneficiaries at its Warri training school. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Ibori:Militants Threaten Fresh Attacks Dec 16, 2007
Why EFCC Intelligence Unit Couldn't Monitor His Loot FROM CHIDO OKAFOR (WARRI) And FLORENCE ORETADE (ABUJA). THE fragile peace in the Niger Delta may be halted with the series of stern warnings yesterday by three militant groups in the restive oil-rich region. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Ex-Nigerian governor's arrest over graft charges gets huge media playLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian newspapers Thursday gave a huge playto the news of the arrest of the formerGovernor of the oil rich Delta state, James Ibori, over corruptionallegations, with most papers making itheadline news. 13/12/2007 Full Text... Dec 13, 2007
About 1,000 youths demonstrated in support of Ibori in the oil city of Warri, in Delta state, barricading major roads and making bonfires. However, soldiers of the Joint Task Force deployed to the restive Niger Delta region dislodged the protesters. (Panapress.com)
Nigeria: Militants Bomb Shell Oil Pipeline Nov 16, 2007
MILITANTS in the early hours of yesterday blew up with explosives a crude oil delivery pipeline, belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Delta State amidst fears that the execution of the multi-billion dollars Escravos Gas-to-Liquid project of the American oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, may be truncated following a fresh threat by the people of oil-rich Ugborodo community, Warri South West local government area. The militants who came in speedboats were reportedly... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: State Security Implicates American Lady Oct 2, 2007
The Germans, Florian Alexander Opitz (34) and Andy Lehmann (33), were arrested on Friday September 21 2007 in Ogbe Ijoh Community in Warri, Delta State where they were filming masked Ijaw youths. 2007 This Day. (allAfrica.com)
Two Germans, American Held in Nigeria for Backing Militants, Guardian Says Sep 29, 2007
The German citizens, who arrived in Nigeria on Sept. 8, were arrested while filming masked men in the oil-producing city of Warri without official permission, it said. Attacks on oil facilities and foreign workers in the Niger Delta have cut production in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, by about 500,000 barrels a day, or a quarter of the country's total output. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
African Cup of Nations Sep 11, 2007
The Associated Press Published: September 10, 2007. Equatorial Guinea upsets Cameroon 1-0. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Nigeria: Oil Production Target Not Feasible, Says Corporation Aug 7, 2007
Kupolokun, regretted that efforts to repair the Chanomi Creek Pipeline, the feeder pipe for the Warri and Kaduna Refineries, which was blown up by militants since February 18, 2005 has not yielded results as most contracting firms have since fled the country following the crisis in the region. "In terms of cost, every time you open the envelop these days you find out that your cost expectation and what you get in reality is a difference of about 50 per cent cost gap as a result of Niger Delta,... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria:Fuel Explosion Kills Four More in Port Harcourt Aug 6, 2007
No fewer than 20 persons were reported to have been arrested by the police in connection with kerosine explosions in Warri, Ughelli, Asaba and other parts of the state. Sir Omon-Irabor had earlier in his address told the NLC leadership that his group was in their office to see how both partners could partner to work and take common stand on issues of national importance. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Kerosene Blasts Leave at Least 20 Dead Jul 31, 2007
Facilities are stretched at the main hospital in Nigeria's southern oil city of Warri, Delta State, where more than 40 victims of adulterated kerosene explosions have been hospitalised in the past two weeks ... However, supply shortages and rising prices have led to unscrupulous dealers adulterating it with highly flammable materials, causing the explosions in the Warri area ... Some 17 women, six men and six children are still hospitalised at the government-run Warri General Hospital where... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria:Kerosine Explosions - Death Toll Rises to 17 Jul 30, 2007
Emma Arubi, Austin Ogwuda Emmanuel Aziken and Laide AkinboadeWarri ... 15 pm yesterday at the Central Hospital, Warri where they were receiving treatment ... Amos Utuama, who announced this expressed regret over the kerosine explosions in Warri that have claimed 17 lives. (allAfrica.com)
A Sale Too Many [analysis] Jul 21, 2007
Considering that it is the nation's crude that is taken abroad to be refined and brought back as imported fuel, Nigerians have not stopped wondering why their government is "penny wise and pound foolish." The country's refineries, with two in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and one each in Kaduna and Warri, Delta State, were long abandoned and have not operated at optimum capacity even at best of times. It was one of the contentious issues the organised labour put forward recently in its four-day... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria militants 'to end truce' Jul 4, 2007
But he says a second Mend faction based in Warri appears to want to maintain the ceasefire. Justice. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria: No End to Fuel Scarcity, Says Petroleum Corporation Jun 29, 2007
NNPC however still retained the 150,000 barrels per day at Warri refinery which currently operates at zero capacity utilization. Answering questions from the Speaker of the house Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Etteh, over lingering scarcity of products in the country, Mr. Kupolokun admitted that NNPC could not meet internal demands by importation. (allAfrica.com)
Second Oil-transfer Facility Invaded In S Nigeria -Military Jun 19, 2007
WARRI, Nigeria (AP)--Hundreds of angry villagers chased workers away from an oil-transfer facility Monday in restive southern Nigeria and occupied the premises in hopes of forcing payment from the oil industry, an official said. Rough estimates showed nearly 1,000 people at the flowstation outside the main city of Warri, said Brig. (CNNMoney.com)
Shell HQ Could Move Out of Delta Jun 12, 2007
Information from oil and gas industry operators in Port Harcourt, Yenagoa and Warri, however, indicates that the operator companies were afraid that militants might step up their attacks ... In Warri, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has declared a production crisis and sacked six managers even as it imposed severe restriction on business travels in and out of Nigeria except for those that have direct contribution to their top seven assets. (allAfrica.com)
Militant Leader Explains Kidnappings Jun 2, 2007
We have to travel a distance of over three hours to take the sick ones to Warri and Sapele. You know what that means; about 1,000 people die every year as a result. (allAfrica.com)
* Kidnapped US oil workers released in Nigeria's south Jun 1, 2007
AP, WARRI, NIGERIA Friday, Jun 01, 2007, Page 6. Four American hostages seized weeks ago in Nigeria's restive southern oil heartland were publicly handed over to authorities, while protesters cut exports from Africa's top petroleum producer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
4 American Oil Workers Released In Nigeria May 31, 2007
WARRI, Nigeria, May 30, 2007. Fast Fact. (CBS News)
Nigeria: American Hostages Regain Freedom May 31, 2007
THE four American oil workers abducted on May 8 by militants in the Niger Delta were released last night to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan at Government House Annex, Warri. Released were: Chris Gay, Kelvin Faller, Mike Roussel and Larry Plake, all workers of Global Industry, an oil servicing company to Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL). (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Militants Agree on Ceasefire, Hostages to Be Freed Soon May 30, 2007
30 pm, that the four hostages: Chris Gay, Mike Roussel, Larry Plake and Kevin Faller, all workers of Global Industries, a servicing company to the American multinational oil company, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), were kidnapped, May 8, precisely, 22 days ago, purportedly to compel the CNL to enter into an agreement with the militia on the company's development package for the Ijaw people of Egbema Kingdom in Warri North local government area of Delta state were not relocated, that they were... (allAfrica.com)
Gunmen kidnap several oil workers in southern Nigeria UPDATE May 26, 2007
At the same time, it was revealed that a Polish engineer had been abducted Thursday in Warri, an oil town in the Niger Delta ... In the meantime, Major Omale Ochagwuba, a spokesman for the Joint Task Force, the military unit in charge of policing the Niger Delta, said the Pole, whom he did not identify, was the chief engineer of Pacific Dredging and Marine Ltd., a company based in Warri ... He was kidnapped in Orugdo creek near Warri by about six gunmen on a boat. (Forbes)
Gunmen kidnap 10 from Nigerian oil vessel May 26, 2007
The raid came a day after gunmen kidnapped a Polish engineer near the oil city of Warri, also in the Niger Delta. Abductions for ransom or to press political demands are frequent in the delta, where there is widespread resentment against an industry that has extracted billions of dollars in oil wealth but left most people living in poverty. (CNN -- World)
Nigerian Oil Unions Begin Strike May 25, 2007
In the latest attack, five gunmen grabbed a Polish worker heading to a construction site Thursday in the southern city of Warri and fled in a speedboat. Security forces were trying to contact the captors, said Brig. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Lebanese worker seized in Nigeria May 23, 2007
Gen Lawrence Ngubane told the Associated Press that the man was snatched from a work compound in the city of Warri shortly after sunrise. The kidnappers abandoned their car and a gun and fled in their abductee's vehicle, he says. (BBC News -- Africa)
Militants demand 500m naira for 4 American hostagesLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants who kidnapped four Americans from aChevron facility in Nigeria's oil city of Warri 8 May have demanded a500 million naira ransom from their employees, the local Punchnewspaper reported Tuesday (US$1=130 naira). 22/05/2007 Full Text... May 23, 2007
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants who kidnapped four Americans from a Chevron facility in Nigeria's oil city of Warri 8 May have demanded a 500 million naira ransom from their employees, the local Punch newspaper reported Tuesday (US$1=130 naira). The paper quoted a source close to the negotiating team for the release of the Americans as saying the militants hailed from the Egbema Kingdom on Warri in the restive Niger Delta region. (Panapress.com)
Gunmen kidnap Lebanese oil worker May 23, 2007
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Four gunmen seized a Lebanese worker in Nigeria's western delta oil city of Warri on Tuesday, the military and security sources said ... "A Lebanese was kidnapped by gunmen at the Enerhen junction this morning. We are waiting to get details of those responsible for the kidnap," Brigadier-General Lawrence Ngubane, commander of the military task force in Warri, told Reuters. (CNN -- World)
Brent oil eases from 9-month high, Nigeria supports May 22, 2007
Gunmen seized a Lebanese worker in Nigeria's western delta oil city of Warri on Tuesday, taking the number of foreign workers being held in the region by militant groups to 15. Kidnappings and militant attacks have surged in the world's eighth-largest oil exporter since February 2006, cutting a third of Nigeria's output, which is valued for its high yield of gasoline. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Nigeria: U.S. Hostages Say Delta People Treated Like 'Animals' May 19, 2007
This reporter travelled from Warri in a chartered speedboat with some linkmen at about 1 ... 30 pm, we were on our back to Warri ... It was a risky trip, as the return trip was made to Warri in the darkness. (allAfrica.com)
Staff Evacuated From Oil Rigs May 17, 2007
CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, has commenced the evacuation of all its Off-shore personnel from oil rigs, platforms and barges following the kidnapping of 4 Americans by militants from a contractor's vessel at her Okan Field in Warri South-West local council of Delta state last Tuesday just as operations in these rigs has been shut down temporarily ... Though officials of CNL decline to confirm the evacuation of staff from the sea, some of the evacuated staff who spoke to Vanguard in Warri... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Hostage-Takers List Demands for Releasing Americans May 16, 2007
AN Ijaw group identified as Egbema 1 in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State claimed responsibility, yesterday, for the abduction of four American oil workers in the state eight days ago, and gave conditions for their release ... The group, which overwhelmed the naval personnel guarding the fields after a two-hour gun battle, dispatched some representatives to some Ijaw leaders in Warri, yesterday, to explain why they kidnapped the foreign oil workers and gave conditions for their... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria:Gunmen Abduct Four U.S. Oil Workers May 10, 2007
The crisis in oil-rich Niger Delta region further degenerated yesterday, when gunmen abducted four U.S. oil workers from a barge off a coast near Chevron's Escravous crude export terminal in Warri, Delta State. The abduction of the American oil workers came on the heels of Tuesday's release of 11 workers of Daewoo Engineering and Construction by Niger Delta militants. (allAfrica.com)
