armed man attack nigerian aid group

Armed men attack Nigerian aid group 2006/11
By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago
LAGOS, Nigeria - Armed men attacked the offices of a Nigerian aid group in the southern oil hub of Port Harcourt, killing one person and wounding another, the organization‘s head said Monday.
Asuni‘s group promotes conflict management and peace education in Nigeria and Ghana, and has spent recent years focusing on Nigeria‘s restive oil delta.
Eni said it intended to resume production soon at the Tebidada flow station, operated through Eni‘s subsidiary Agip. The facility has an output of 50,000 barrels a day.
"All personnel is in good health, and production will be restored shortly once the necessary checks have been completed," Eni said. A spokeswoman said she did not immediately know if any damage occurred in the takeover.
Eni‘s equity stake in oil output from the facility is about 9,000 barrels a day. Most of the rest is held by Nigeria‘s state-run company.
Since the beginning of this year, militant groups have attacked oil pipelines and taken oil workers hostage in violence that has cut about 25 percent of the country‘s usual crude output of about 2.5 million barrels daily. Civilian protesters have also taken over oil facilities to protest lack of jobs and development in the regions.
Despite Nigeria being Africa‘s biggest oil producer, most inhabitants of the oil-rich delta remain poor.