Nigerian Militants Release Last Hostages

WARRI, Nigeria – Militants demanding control of revenues from Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta released their last remaining foreign hostages on Monday

“They are here with us now and are all in good health,” Oshevire told reporters.

The militants, responsible for a wave of recent attacks in southern Nigeria, took nine foreign oil workers hostage Feb. 18 from a barge owned by Willbros Group Inc., the Houston-based oil services company that was laying pipeline in the delta for Royal Dutch Shell. The group released six of the captives after 12 days.

AP