Niger Delta Missile Attack: Nigerian Military Panics: Investigates source of missiles and foreign countries involved

This is coming as more oil companies in the Niger Delta have reviewed their operations, following continued bombing of their facilities in Delta and Bayelsa states. 

"The avenue is open for them, provided the militants are willing to embrace dialogue and allow truth to reign because we are going to involve key leaders from the region who have had previous experience in that area to play whatever role they can". 

Speaking at the handover ceremony of Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas to the Federal Ministry of Education, Kachikwu stated that the Federal Government was not just committed to securing oil and gas installations but the lives and property of people in the region. According to Kachikwu, the Monguno team will consist of top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), service chiefs and ministers from the Niger Delta. 

The NNPC boss said the country needed peace in oil production now than ever, given the circumstances currently facing the economy. However, Kachikwu expressed hope that the dialogue would yield positive results and get Nigeria back to maximum production as the country was currently producing about 1.6mbpd (600,000 barrels, short of the 2.2mbpd production target of the 2016 budget). 

More oil firms review N-Delta operations 

More oil companies in the Niger Delta have reviewed their operations, following continued bombing of their facilities in Delta and Bayelsa states. Investigations by Vanguard revealed that some of the oil companies have developed jitters over the latest impudence by militants operating in the creeks of the region. Agency reports indicated that Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, shut down operation after an attack, last Friday, by militants on its pipeline in Bayelsa State, forcing it to cut production by 65,000 barrels per day.