News Desk Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Nigerian Militants Step Up `Oil War' With Niger Delta Attacks

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, in an e-mailed statement today, said it attacked the Orubiri pumping station in Rivers state at 10 p.m. yesterday. A Nigerian military spokesman confirmed the raid. MORE>>>

Nigerian Government Closes Major TV Station

"The government is really serious about this report. It has shut down one of the main private TV/radio stations in Nigeria. It is called Channels TV. And not only that, the government also descended on the station with plainclothes security people, who chased out all the staff and sealed up the station... MORE>>>

Oil prices gain on US energy report

The US Department of Energy said Wednesday that crude reserves sank 6.3 million barrels in the week ending September 12 when US energy production was severely hampered by hurricane weather in the Gulf of Mexico. MORE>>>