Soldiers drafted to broken oil installation

YENAGOA — A missing 28-year-old French national, Benjamin Élan, working on board a chemical vessel, was yesterday, rescued from the kidnappers den by operatives of the Joint Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield in collaboration with youths ...

YENAGOA (Nigeria), June 6: Pirates have released five Pakistani crew they kidnapped from an oil tanker off the Nigerian coast two weeks ago, security sources said on Thursday. Increasing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, which includes Africa's ...

(NAN) Kwara United FC on Saturday defeated visiting Bayelsa United FC of Yenagoa 2-0 in a premier league week 17 encounter. With the victory, Kwara United now have 28 points from 17 matches. Adamu Yahaya opened scoring in the 23rd minute, while ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The suspected mastermind behind an ambush in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta in April that killed 12 policemen has been arrested, the military said on Friday. A police boat escorting people to a funeral in President ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria: Nigeria's military on Friday said they had arrested the "mastermind" of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised fears of worsening tension in a crucial oil region. Jackson Fabouwei was presented to journalists in the ...

Yenagoa, Nigeria - Gunmen opened fire on a group of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta late on Saturday, leading to a shootout that left eight people dead, a security official said. None could confirm who carried out the attack. The ...

hundreds of Africa's movie and music celebrities stormed Yenagoa, the capital of oil rich state, Bayelsa for the ninth edition of Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA. However, P.M.NEWS Entertainment Café serves you the good, bad and ugly of the ...

YENAGOA — Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria's oil-producing southern coast, kidnapping five foreign sailors and stealing cash, a watchdog and a security source said yesterday. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said the April 25 ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen suspected to be pirates on Monday attacked 10 passenger boats off Nigeria's Niger Delta Bayelsa State. The victims were dispossessed of their valuables by the gunmen along the Sagbatoru-Igweta-Iwoama ...