Nigerian militants attack Shell oil platform

July 31st, 2009 LAGOS - At least 600 people were killed in clashes this week between the security forces and Islamist militants in Nigeria, the police said. The Nigerian Army said the battle against the militants will continue till the rebels are defeated.

July 30th, 2009 NAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian Islamists have fled an army onslaught after four days of fighting that killed over 200 people, media reports said Thursday. Boko Haram, a group called the Nigerian Taliban, launched a series of attacks on police stations across northern Nigeria Sunday.

July 29th, 2009 NAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian security forces Wednesday laid siege to the compound of an Islamist leader whose followers have been battling police for four days. Over 150 people have died since Sunday, when Boko Haram, a group often called as the Nigerian Taliban, launched a series of attacks on police stations across northern Nigeria.

July 26th, 2009 Nigeria: police-Islamist clash kills 39ABUJA, Nigeria — Islamist militants attacked a police station in northern Nigeria Sunday, and police killed 39 militants and arrested more than 150 others, a police spokesman said. The Islamist fighters attacked a station in the capital of Bauchi state, state police spokesman Mohammed Barau said.

July 22nd, 2009 Nigerian militants free 6 oil tanker hostagesABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian militants have freed six crew members abducted earlier this month from an oil tanker, a Norwegian oil services company said. The Sichem Peace crew was freed Tuesday evening after spending 18 days in captivity in the Niger Delta, EMS Ship Management, which manages the Singapore-flagged oil and chemical tanker, said in a statement.

July 22nd, 2009 Nigerian militants free 6 tanker hostagesABUJA, Nigeria — A Norwegian oil services company says Nigerian militants have freed six of its crew members who were seized earlier this month from a chemical tanker. EMS Ship Management says crew members from the tanker Sichem Peace were released Tuesday night and will go to Lagos for a medical checkup before flying back to their home countries.

July 15th, 2009 Nigerian militants halt attacks in oil regionABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group called a 60-day cease-fire Wednesday, halting its campaign of vandalizing oil installations and kidnapping foreigners after the government released an ailing rebel leader. The government freed Henry Okah on Monday — meeting a rebel demand — just hours after the main rebel group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, set fire to an oil depot and loading tankers in Lagos, Nigeria's economic powerhouse.

July 15th, 2009 Nigerian rebels call truce, fear troop movementsABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian militants called a halt Wednesday to their campaign of attacking oil installations and kidnapping foreigners, then said military gunboats and troops were heading toward a rebel camp in a move that could upend the deal. The military quickly denied the allegation, saying it had no plans to attack rebels from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the country's main militant group.

July 10th, 2009 Nigeria militants claim to destroy pipelineABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group says its has destroyed a recently repaired Chevron oil pipeline. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in an e-mail statement late Friday that it destroyed the pipeline that leads to Chevron's export terminal.

July 6th, 2009 Nigeria militants claim to hijack chemical tankerABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group said Monday it had seized a chemical tanker with six foreign crew members aboard and had attacked a second oil facility following a vow to step up the intensity of its attacks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in an e-mail statement that the tanker was seized Sunday about 20 nautical miles from Escravos in the south of the country and would be held until further notice.

July 5th, 2009 Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell facilityABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group says it has attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil facility in southern Nigeria. In an e-mail statement to journalists, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta also said Sunday it plans phased attacks until its goal is achieved.

June 29th, 2009 Oil jumps above $71 on Nigerian platform attackSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices jumped above $71 a barrel Monday, as Nigerian militants damaged and partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

June 21st, 2009 Nigeria militants claim attack 2 Shell pipelinesABUJA, Nigeria — Militants in Nigeria say they have attacked two pipelines belonging to oil giant Royal Dutch Shell. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says the pipelines were targeted by militant fighters before dawn on Sunday.

June 7th, 2009 Dutch navy escorting freed Nigerian tugboatTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Somali pirates have released a Nigerian tugboat they hijacked 10 months ago and a Dutch navy ship is escorting it to a safe harbor, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Sunday. Defense Ministry spokesman Lt.

January 25th, 2009 ABUJA - Fifteen members of the Nigerian soccer team were killed Sunday in a road accident, Geo TV reported. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon when the bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near the Nigerian capital.