All 7 foreign hostages released in Nigeria

All seven foreign oil workers held hostage in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta have been released, police said on Saturday.

According to the police, the workers including four British, one Romanian, one Malaysian and one Indonesian are in good health and they have been taken to Port Harcourt where they will be released to their respective companies.

The seven workers were kidnapped on October 3 in a raid on a residential compound for expatriate contractors working for U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil.

The Niger Delta region, which is home to Africa's biggest oil industry, has been plagued by militant attacks on foreign oil companies and abductions of oil workers since February this year.

Source: Xinhua