There is a rumour which started about half an hour ago that the hostages taken in Eket yesterday may be on the brink of being released. It looks as if the motive for their kidnapping was straightforward ransom. Let's hope that the rumours are true and that we see them all safe and well soon.
Meanwhile, at about the same time, there are stories that terrorists have attacked an Agip boat convoy near Brass and killed more military personnel. If this turns out to be true things could hot up even more as the military here have a history of savage reprisals when their people are targetted.
Naturally both Bristow and CHC are now urgently working on implementing danger pay for their employees in Nigeria - yeah, yeah, I believe in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus too
