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This Day (Lagos)Warri - Following the resurgence of kidnapping by militants in the volatile Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has redeployed soldiers to known flash-points.
THISDAY investigations revealed that soldiers are back at major junctions and other strategic locations in Warri metropolis, and Yenagoa.
This Day (Lagos)Lagos - Attacks on oil personnel and facilities by militants in the Niger Delta has been eating deep into the country's economy as about 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Nigeria's oil production is currently shut in as a result of the insurgence in the region.
Warri — Following the resurgence of kidnapping by militants in the volatile Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has redeployed soldiers to known flash-points.
THISDAY investigations revealed that soldiers are back at major junctions and other strategic locations in Warri metropolis, and Yenagoa.
Lagos — Attacks on oil personnel and facilities by militants in the Niger Delta has been eating deep into the country's economy as about 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Nigeria's oil production is currently shut in as a result of the insurgence in the region.
Daily Champion (Lagos)Port Harcourt - FIVE South Korean workers kidnapped Wednesday by militant Ijaw youths at the Cawthorne Channel gas plant in Rivers State were set free yesterday after some 40 hours in captivity.
"All five Korean prisoners captured by our unit in the attack on the Daewoo camp were released at 4.00pm," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an e-mail to the media.
Port Harcourt — FIVE South Korean workers kidnapped Wednesday by militant Ijaw youths at the Cawthorne Channel gas plant in Rivers State were set free yesterday after some 40 hours in captivity.
"All five Korean prisoners captured by our unit in the attack on the Daewoo camp were released at 4.00pm," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an e-mail to the media.
This Day (Lagos)Port Harcourt - No fewer than five men of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, were reportedly killed yesterday during a fierce battle with Ijaw militants at Elem Kalabari in Akukutoru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Vanguard (Lagos)This week, another set of Niger-Delta abductees regained their freedom, courtesy of Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration took over the responsibility of negotiating with the kidnappers. One of them, at the very least, openly declared that though he was not hurt and had regained his freedom, he had no intention of returning to work from which he was abducted.
Daily Trust (Abuja)The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday killed 10 soldiers and kidnapped five South Korean oil workers during an attack on a gas plant belonging to Shell in Asari Toro local government area. The 10 dead soldiers, Daily Trust gathered, were guarding the oil facility where the Korean expatriates worked.
Port Harcourt — No fewer than five men of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, were reportedly killed yesterday during a fierce battle with Ijaw militants at Elem Kalabari in Akukutoru Local Government Area of Rivers State.