Nigeria Militants

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 6 days ago
Nineteen Nigerian oil workers are released two week after being seized, the Militants say. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 24 days ago
Sep. 17 - Militants in Nigeria are threatening to broaden their "oil war" to offshore oil fields, after attacking another Shell-operated oil flow station in the Niger Delta. ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 24 days ago
Nigeria's main militant group says it attacked another oil installation in a fifth day of violence to hit the southern petroleum-producing region. ...

Source: www.cnn.com --- 26 days ago
A day after declaring war in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region, the country's main rebel group said Monday it was continuing its "destructive sweep" against oil facilities in Rivers State. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 24 days ago
Militants attack another flow station in Nigeria's oil region, after declaring war at the weekend. ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 26 days ago
Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region declare war on the government after battling troops at oil facilities. ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 25 days ago
Two security officials in the oil industry said that more than 100 people might have been killed by the fighting, which has spread to at least seven villages. ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 24 days ago
Nigeria's main militant group said Wednesday it destroyed an oil-pumping station and a pipeline that crosses southern Nigeria, ... ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 24 days ago
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian Militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their "oil war" to offshore oilfields and announced attacks on a crude oil pipeline in the Niger Delta and another Shell-operated facility. ...

Source: forum.anothersite.co.uk --- 24 days ago
*Nigeria Militants threaten broader "oil war" in delta* By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian Militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their "oil war" to offshore oilfields and announced attacks on a crude oil pipeline in the Niger Delta and another Shell-operated facility. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), responsible for attacks that have cut a fifth of OPEC member Nigeria's oil output, said it would launch attacks outside Rivers state for the first time since clashes began on Saturday. Oil traders on Wednesday began taking notice of the escalating violence and that helped push prices above $94 a barrel in early trading. The market has fallen sharply this week on the impact of the credit crisis on the global economy. The heaviest fighting between Militants and security forces in more than two years has spread to about 10 villages, but have remained in Rivers state, home to oil city Port Harcourt. Some oil industry security sources estimate 100 people have died. "After Rivers, the hurricane will be heading to the neighboring states in the Niger Delta," MEND said in an e-mailed statement. Militants have bombed pipelines, platforms, gas plants and oilfields, halting up to 115,000 barrels per day of oil production in the last five days, government officials said. Nigeria's oil is popular in the United States and Europe because it is easily refined into gasoline, diesel and other crud ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 24 days ago
LAGOS, Nigeria — Militants say they have destroyed an oil pipeline that crosses southern Nigeria in the latest attack to hit the restive crude-pumping region. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says in an emailed statement Wednesday that it destroyed the conduit in a rare daylight attack. ...

Source: www.iol.co.za --- 9 days ago
The Nigerian army has arrested more than 400 suspected Militants after a series of attacks in the country's southern oil region. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 27 days ago
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Source: wcco.com --- 24 days ago
Nigeria's main militant group said Wednesday that it had destroyed an oil-pumping station and a pipeline crossing southern Nigeria in a rare daylight attack extending violence in the restive region into its fifth day. ...

Source: www.theconservativevoice.com --- 40 days ago
Nigeria's main militant group claimed Saturday that it killed at least 29 military personnel in three separate attacks across the restive southern oil region. ...

Source: www.indiaenews.com --- 25 days ago
Nigerian Militants who have declared an 'oil war' Monday said they attacked and destroyed an oil flow station complex owned by Shell in the restive Niger Delta province. ...

Source: www.tolerance.ca --- 28 days ago
LAGOS - The most prominent armed group in oil-rich southern Nigeria said on Saturday that the army had launched a "full scale aerial and marine offensive" on its positions. ...

Source: poligazette.com --- 27 days ago
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, said on Sunday that they had declared war on the government. The declaration came after the organization took on government security forces guarding some of the country’s main oil facilities. The Nigerian military said it had won the battle for the facilities, while both sides said the other side had suffered tremendous losses. ©2008 PoliGazette . All Rights Reserved. . ...

Source: www.dose.ca --- 24 days ago
Nigerian Militants threatened on Wednesday to broaden their 'oil war' to offshore oilfields and announced attacks on a crude oil pipeline in the Niger Delta and another Shell-operated facility. ...