'Talks' to end Nigeria oil crisis
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.
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Oil prices slid from record highs above $50 a barrel Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire with the government.
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Nigeria's government agrees to sustained demands to hold a national dialogue to discuss a new constitution.
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Nigeria is working to soon restore losses in oil production because of militant attacks on some pipelines, the country's finance minister said Tuesday.
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Talks between Nigerian government officials and Niger Delta rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari went into a third day under the shadow of a rebel deadline for foreign oil workers to quit the region, a member of the rebel delegation told AFP.
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Oil prices ended above $50 a barrel amid concern over possible fighting between rebles and the military in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich delta region.
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A leading Nigerian oil militant group asks President George Bush to help solve their dispute with the government.
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Oil prices fall on news of Nigerian peace talks but analysts expect the price to remain close to the $50 mark.
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria on  Sunday to discuss a deepening crisis in Ivory Coast, one of the  region's former economic powerhouses where a week of unrest has  caused some 5,000 expatriates to flee.
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ABUJA, Sept 30  - A rebel leader in Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south was set to resume talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government ahead of October 1 deadline set by the insurgents for oil multinationals and foreigners to pull out of Niger Delta, hub
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - A tentative truce between rebels and government troops in Nigeria's oil-rich south appeared to be holding Thursday as the two sides held a second round of talks in the capital, officials said.
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A rebel fighting for autonomy in Nigeria&#39;s oil-producing Niger Delta says will meet President Olusegun Obasanjo to discuss terms for ending the violence that has helped push crude prices to record highs.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  -- With oil prices recently dipping to seven-month lows, OPEC's president said Thursday that the group is considering an emergency meeting to discuss the possibility of cutting output.
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Talks aimed at countering security crisis begin with heated exchange, Iraqi official says.
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Oil prices ended above the $50-a-barrel mark on Friday amid concern over possible conflict in Nigeria's oil-producing delta region, where a two-day truce between rebel militia and government forces is holding.
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Oil prices ended above the  $50-a-barrel mark on Friday amid concern over possible conflict  in Nigeria's oil-producing delta region, where a two-day truce  between rebel militia and government forces is holding.