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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

Indonesia executes six people for drug trafficking including foreign citizens from Brazil, Malawi, the Netherlands, Nigeria, and Vietnam. Brazil and the Netherlands withdraw their ambassadors in protest.
2015-01-18

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

Oil giant Shell is sued by Niger Delta farmers in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods. Shell says it is difficult to carry out repairs because of local insecurity.
2012-10-11

Nigerian soldiers raid suspected militant camps in the Niger Delta in a new offensive.
2011-05-12

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

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