Nine expat oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria

Up to nine foreign oil workers were kidnapped in an attack on an offshore oil rig in Nigeria on Friday, security sources said, and diplomats said they were taking the reports seriously.

Up to six Britons, two Americans and a Canadian, as well as eight Nigerians, were abducted in an attack at 0200 GMT on the Bulford Dolphin rig, 60 miles (96 km) off the coast of southern Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea, according to security sources.