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The owners of the Dutch ship MV "FWN Rapide" announce the ship was attacked by pirates last night while sailing from Ghana to Nigeria and 12 of the crew abducted.
2018-04-23

The Niger Delta Avengers militant group destroy gas and oil pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip in Nigeria.
2016-05-28

12 Nigerian policemen are missing and presumed dead after their boat was ambushed by militants in the Niger Delta region.
2013-04-7

Gunmen attack an oil barge off the Niger Delta in Nigeria, killing two navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners.
2012-08-4

Newly released cables report that oil giant Royal Dutch Shell had "access to everything" inside "all relevant ministries" of the Nigerian government.
2010-12-9

Officials from multinational corporations Royal Dutch Shell and Halliburton are to be questioned in Nigeria in relation to bribery scandals and corruption.
2010-11-30

An armed group kidnaps at least two Americans, two Frenchmen and a Canadian from a Transocean oil rig in the Okoro Oilfield off the coast of Niger Delta, Nigeria, injuring two others.
2010-11-8

Saboteurs attack an oil pipeline in Nigeria's Niger Delta, shutting in 4,000 barrels a day of crude oil production.
2010-10-29

To persuade its volatile – and poor -- Niger Delta's oil region to reduce the conflict in the Niger Delta, Nigeria proposes handing over 10% stakes in its biggest energy industry to “host communities”.
2010-02-19

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), a militant group in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, announces the end of its unilateral ceasefire.
2010-01-31