LAGOS, September 7, 2008 (AFP) - Nigerian militants on Sunday killed one sailor and kidnapped another when they hijacked a vessel belonging to Agip, the Nigerian subsidiary of Italian oil group Eni, a military spokesman said.

'The vessel Fulmar Lamnaco was attacked at Sambriero river off Bonny in southern Rivers state,' Lieutenant Colonel Musa Sagir told AFP. 'One crew member was killed while another was taken hostage.'

He said no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.