Nigerian police have accused a detained rebel leader from the oil-producing Niger Delta of killings, arms dealing, oil smuggling and other crimes, raising the prospect of a trial that could destabilise the area. Henry Okah was extradited from Angola to Nigeria a week ago and uncertainty over his fate has already increased tensions in Delta.

And so it goes on.
Three soldiers and eight militants were killed over the weekend in a gun battle at an oil pipeline hub operated by Shell in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa.
Shell said the Tora manifold, which sends oil to the Bonny export terminal, was not damaged in the attack oil production in Nigeria, the […]

George Clooney may be one of the most expensive actors on the planet, who has recently tackled some difficult subjects in his films, but is he up for this one?
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), from the Niger Delta has asked Clooney to visit the impoverished region, under his mandate as […]

More unrest for Nigeria. The main militant group in the Niger Delta – MEND or The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta - is threatening a “bloody fight” in the new year.
MEND says in an e-mail statement that its “goal remains to paralyze 100 per cent of Nigeria’s oil export in one swipe.”
MEND […]

Whilst the political crisis and rising death toll in Kenya is gaining global attention and absorbing the media’s attitude for stories from Africa, it’s a bloody New Year in Nigeria too.
Thirteen people died after armed militants attacked targets in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s main oil industry town in the Delta.