Article: FO tells Britons to quit the Niger Delta area now; Foreign office steps in to support family in Nigeria.(News)

Article: Foreign office probes claims of expat kidnapping in ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  January 11, 2007 ;     544 words ...The Foreign Office was last night "urgently ... from a vessel in the volatile Niger Delta region on Monday. Last night a Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are ... s southern oil-producing Niger Delta yesterday and kidnapped nine ...

Article: Row over oil firms flouting nigeria advice A new row erupted last ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  July 3, 2007 ;     502 words ... ... continue to flout Foreign Office advice and employ ... trouble-hit Niger Delta region of Africa ... a letter from Foreign Office Minister Lord ... He revealed Foreign Office and British High ... remain in the Niger Delta." Amicus union ...

Article: Kidnap! Mike Hill and his wife: Their three-year-old daughter ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... theEmancipation of the Niger Delta, have used kidnappings ... extort hefty ransoms. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the Niger Delta including PortHarcourt ... Margaret's release. A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We ...

Article: Kidnap! (1) Mike Hill and his wife: Their three-year-old daughter ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... theEmancipation of the Niger Delta, have used kidnappings ... extort hefty ransoms. The Foreign Office advises against all travel to the Niger Delta including PortHarcourt ... Margaret's release. A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We ...

Article: Oilfield expats now face Niger delta bomb threat
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  November 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... nail- biting weekend after the Foreign Office admitted it was aware of threats ... workers in Nigeria. Last night the Foreign Office said it had been aware of the ... It also warns that a militant Niger Delta group may have finalised plans ...

Article: Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Roundup: Vandalism rampant Niger delta region of Nigeria -- By Bosen ... foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006. Though almost ... groups have since mushroomed in the Niger Delta and have taken advantage of the ...

Article: Niger Delta: THE TRUE STORY
New African;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... dependent on resources existing in the Niger Delta where the mere whisper of unrest sends ... threaten Nigeria's oil production. The Niger Delta is a vast system of wetlands and forests ... geographic definition. Today, however, the Niger Delta is more widely referred to as a political ...