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Troops kill 12 in strike on oil facility

Nigerian troops killed 12 militants and freed a number of hostages in a dawn raid on an Italian-operated oil facility in the Niger Delta

Militants hold more hostages

Map of Niger Delta Nigeria MEND, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, is holding 24 Filipino hostages Militants free Italian The militants have released an oil worker seized last month from a terminal in the Niger Delta Bomb sparks Shell pullout The largest oil operator in Nigeria began evacuating expatriate staff dependants from the Niger Delta Rebels free oil hostages All 7 foreign workers who were being held hostage in southern Niger Delta have been released and are in good health Nigeria 'must halt kidnappings' The president has ordered troops and police to deal firmly with those involved in kidnappings in the Niger Delta region Militants fight military The military has fought a fierce gun battle with heavily armed militants in the Niger Delta 9 abducted in Niger delta The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta abducted foreign workers Rival tribes jostle for oil jobs in Delta Competition over oil money fueled the ethnic violence that has shattered villages across southeast Niger Delta

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Militants claim pipeline blast

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said they had blown up an oil pipeline and captured six crew members of a chemical tanker Royal Dutch Shell: Oil pipelines attacked

Three attacks were made on oil facilities in the eastern part of the Niger Delta Militants claim bomb attack on oil pipeline

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, said it destroyed oil pipeline owned and operated by a foreign company in the Niger Delta region Nigerian militants to free British hostages Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) promised to release a sick British hostage held since September 2008 Rebels declare 'oil war'

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta declared an 'oil war' in response to what it said were 'unprovoked' attacks by government Oil attack's rebels announce truce

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta blamed for an number of recent attacks on the oil industry announced a unilateral truce 3-year-old freed by kidnappers

A Nigerian boy has been released by his kidnappers one day after he was snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta

Three-year-old seized

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Deadly attack off Nigeria coast

Map of Niger Delta Nigeria Gunmen in Nigeria have stormed a Dutch oil barge off the coast, killing two Nigerian navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners Oil cleanup could take 30 years

Restoration of Nigeria's environmentally devastated oil-producing Niger Delta region could take up to 30 years, cost $1 billion President Yar'Adua has died Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, who gave amnesty to armed militants in the troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region, died. He was 58 Nigeria militants end truce in Niger Delta

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Delta, the main rebel group in oil-rich Niger Delta, says it is ending the ceasefire Senior rebels disarm in oil-rich Delta

Farah Dagogo and Akete Tom, both field commanders for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, laid down their weapons Rebels announce 'truce'

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