Four foreigners seized in Nigeria | International | Reuters

Four foreigners seized in Nigeria | International | Reuters: "LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen disguised as riot police abducted four foreign workers from the residential compound of oil services giant Schlumberger in Nigeria's oil city Port Harcourt, authorities said on Saturday.

In nearby Bayelsa state, a group at the vanguard of delta militancy freed six foreigners -- four Italians, one American and a Croatian -- it seized on May 1 from a facility operated by U.S. oil giant Chevron.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) also said it would halt attacks for one month to pave the way for talks with the new Nigerian government." Read complete post here.