Tag Archives: Afren
businessdayonline Amidst the controversy over the north-south shifting balance in the control of Nigeria’s oil resources, a clearer picture is emerging from the shadowy oil world of the major players, as well as the source and extent of their amazing … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Afren, Ibrahim Babangida, IndepthAfrica, Ita Enang, Maryam Babangida, MoniPulo, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspapers, Rilwanu Lukman, Theophilus Danjuma
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January 19, 2011 by benim
A Nigerian militant group on Wednesday denied issuing a threat of attacks on fuel depots and transporters and said it was investigating how the warning had been sent from its email address. The threat on Tuesday of a “ferocious attack” … read more »
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Tagged Afren, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, disasters-news, Embassies and Consulates, Environment, ExxonMobil, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Mobil, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, News local news, newspapers, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Pipeline transport, War Conflict, Warri, World news
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December 1, 2010 by benim
Police in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have charged 65 people with kidnapping, robbery and oil theft, some of them believed to have been behind the abduction of 19 oil and construction workers. The hostages, including seven expatriates and 12 Nigerians … read more »
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Tagged Afren, Africa news, ExxonMobil, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Julius Berger F.C., Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Port Harcourt
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November 23, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Tuesday it had attacked a pipeline feeding the Warri oil refinery in the Niger Delta at the weekend, the latest in a string of attacks on Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry. “On Sunday, … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Afren, Africa news, disasters-news, Environment, ExxonMobil, Gulf of Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Mobil, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Pipeline transport, War Conflict, Warri
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November 17, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s military freed 19 hostages including foreigners being held by militants in the Niger Delta oil region in a land, air and sea operation on Wednesday, security sources said. The freed hostages included two Americans, two Frenchmen, two Indonesians and … read more »
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Tagged Afren, ExxonMobil, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil platform
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November 17, 2010 by benim
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND), said on Tuesday it was behind an attack on an Exxon Mobil oil platform and it had kidnapped seven Nigerian workers, the second of such raids in a week. Armed … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Afren, Africa news, Akwa Ibom State, Business Finance, disasters-news, Environmental disasters, ExxonMobil, Foreign hostages in Nigeria, geography, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, kidnapping seven More News From: Abuja : Nigeria, Mobil Producing Nigeria, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, OPEC
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November 14, 2010 by benim
Gunmen burst into a burial vigil outside Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt, firing shots and kidnapping four people, police spokesman Akin Fakorede said on Sunday. “The incident occurred at 01:00 am on Saturday in Ihuaba community (outside Port Harcourt, … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Afren, Africa news, Akin Fakorede, Bonny River, disasters-news, Human Interest, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Lagos, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, oil city, Petroleum industry in Nigeria, Port Harcourt
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November 9, 2010 by benim
Hostages from America, France, Canada and Indonesia comprise the group of seven people kidnapped by armed attackers who raided an oil rig off the Nigerian coast, a spokesman for the rig’s owner said Tuesday. London, England-based Afren PLC said two … read more »
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Tagged Afren, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil platform, Transocean, United States, United States Department of State
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November 9, 2010 by benim
The Movement for the Manicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Tuesday morning claimed responsibility for the attack of an offshore oil rig operated by exploration firm Afren in which five crew members kidnapped including foreigners and two injured. The … read more »
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Tagged Afren, Africa news, African countries, African Union member states, Akwa Ibom State, Business Finance, claims responsibility, disasters-news, Economic Community of West African States, Eket, Foreign hostages in Nigeria, geography, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger, Niger Delta, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, oil platform, oilrig attack, Okoro Oilfield, political-news
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November 8, 2010 by benim
Eket, Nigeria – Gunmen attacked an oil rig off Nigeria’s coast on Monday, taking two Americans, two French and one Canadian hostage while wounding two other people, company and security sources said. The pre-dawn attack occurred in the country’s turbulent … read more »
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Tagged Afren, Africa news, Akwa Ibom State, disasters-news, Economic Community of West African States, Eket, Eket people, Foreign hostages in Somalia, Goodluck Jonathan, gunmen attack, hostage, Hostage taking, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil platform, Political geography, War Conflict
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