Gunmen kidnap Lebanese, kill soldier

Gunmen killed a Nigerian soldier and kidnapped a Lebanese construction worker on Tuesday in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta, police said.

"One Lebanese, Ramzi Bau Hadir, aged 53 years, was kidnapped by the armed bandits," said Butswat Asinim, a police spokesman in Bayelsa state.

A resident said a second foreigner had been kidnapped but Asinim did not confirm this.