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05/12/2006

Barely twenty four hours after an American was killed by unknown gunmen in Port Harcourt, three Italians working with an Italian services oil company, SAIPEM were yesterday kidnapped by suspected militants. A new group, Gugama Youth Federation, is claiming responsibility for the Kidnap.

05/12/2006

Dakar — Three foreign oil workers were released unharmed on Friday after being abducted at gunpoint from a work bus in the oil city of Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria. After early reports that two employees of the Italian energy giant ENI SPA had been abducted, police later confirmed that three had been captured.

05/11/2006

Lagos — United States (US) oil worker, Mr Ricky Wiginton was on Wednesday, killed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. But a diplomat and another source working for the employer of the dead expatriate, Baker Hughes said, the attack may not be linked with militants' vow to cripple the oil industry in Niger Delta.

05/11/2006

An American has been shot dead in Port Harcourt in the first "drive by" killing of a foreigner in the city. The US Embassy said it could not name the man at the time the Daily Trust went to press. A spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident, and we are investigating. We cannot release the man's name at this stage."

05/11/2006

Port Harcourt — Gunmen abducted two expatriate employees of Italian oil services company Saipem in the southern Nigerian oil centre of Port Harcourt on Thursday said police, in the latest in a series of attacks on oil installations and workers.

05/10/2006

Warri — THE Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), yesterday, dismissed a news report that it had brokered a three-month ceasefire agreement with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and other militant groups in the Niger-Delta region.

05/05/2006

Agency — OYAL Dutch Shell yesterday decried its woes in Niger Delta, saying militant attacks on its operations in the region impacted negatively on its first quarter results. The group declared a $6.09 billion (N791.7 billion) profit in the first three months of the year, up from $5.46 billion (N709.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2005.

05/05/2006

The Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) has regained access to the Escravos pipeline which was blown up in the Niger Delta, giving hope that power supply in the country will improve in due course. Briefing newsmen after a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Minister of Power and Steel, Mr Lyel Imoke, said the NGC had promised to effect repairs on the pipeline within a few weeks.

05/04/2006

Abuja — After claiming responsibility for a car bomb last Saturday near an oil refinery in the delta, militants have said that Chinese investors will be "treated as theaves". The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said that Chinese businessmen would be targeted.

05/04/2006

Lagos — THE Pro-National Conference Organisations (PRONACO) has advocated a parliamentary system of government for the country, to make for a more focused and purposeful leadership. "Committee on System of Government" while presenting its report to the conference, at its yesterday's plenary session said the country should also adopt regional government.