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/ 11 September 2008
Nigerian investigators have found evidence that oil exploration licences that should have brought in $120m in revenue, were illegally awarded in 2006.
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/ 11 September 2008
Nigeria President Umaru Yar’Adua lost no time in exerting his authority after he returned from hospital abroad by axing a top aide.
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/ 10 September 2008
Two South Africans have been abducted in Nigeria, the South African government confirmed on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s most prominent militant group on Monday accused the military of killing 12 civilians, but the army said nobody was hurt in such an incident.
Nigerian consumer prices rose 14% in July compared with a year earlier on the back of rising food prices, data showed on Thursday.
The main militant group in Nigeria said on Thursday that two German workers kidnapped more than a month ago will be freed.
Nigeria on Thursday handed over the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon to end a 15-year dispute over a territory believed to be rich in oil and gas.
Nigeria will hand over the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, putting an end to a 15-year dispute over the territory.
Scientists have detected for the first time in Nigeria a new strain of the virus that causes avian influenza — also known as bird flu.
Nigeria will finally hand over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, putting an end to a decades-old dispute.
Nigeria’s main militant group repeated its warning on Sunday that it will target foreign workers with the country’s biggest construction firm.
From cocktails with hip-hop stars to sushi with smooth-suited bankers, it’s no wonder Nigerians are moving back after decades in New York or London.
A Nigerian militant group threatened on Monday to attack foreign workers with construction firm Julius Berger if it does not halt operations.
Rival militant factions in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta have clashed in an apparent turf war, killing at least four people.
Five Russian oil workers kidnapped from their vessel off Nigeria’s Niger Delta last week have been released unharmed.
Gunmen kidnapped eight workers from a ship off the Niger Delta on Saturday, bringing the total number of workers seized in the past 48 hours to 16.
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days.
With oil prices at record highs, government coffers in the world’s eighth biggest oil exporter are swollen to unprecedented levels.
Threatened with beheading and harried by pirates, people fleeing the Niger Delta’s Bonny Island this weekend struggled to reach Port Harcourt.
Oil rose to near a barrel on Tuesday, rebounding from a dip prompted by the restart of some production in major African oil exporter Nigeria.
A Nigerian court upheld the disputed election of the Senate president on Tuesday, ending uncertainty over who would run Africa’s most populous nation.
The most high-profile rebel group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta said on Thursday it was suspending a two-week-old unilateral ceasefire.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua believes a peace summit slated for this month on the Niger Delta will end the crisis in the restive oil-rich region.
Community-administered healthcare is incredibly effective in combating a range of illnesses, including river blindness and malaria.
With unrest in the Niger Delta cutting into oil output, Nigeria has made peace efforts a priority, but has little to show for its efforts.
A Nigerian initiative to produce large quantities of a new drug against sickle-cell anaemia is mired in accusations of fraud and corruption.
A Nigerian parliamentary hearing has queried the transport minister for withdrawing millions of dollars in unspent government money.
Nigerian security forces have clashed with militants believed to be responsible for an attack on Royal Dutch Shell’s main offshore Bonga oilfield.
Nigerian militants have blown up a key oil-supply pipeline operated by Chevron, in the latest attack targeting the country’s oil industry.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has ordered the country’s armed forces to tighten security in the Niger Delta.
Nigerians can teach us a thing or two about power cuts. C Don Adinuba explains why it’s always midnight in Lagos.
Although the xenophobic attacks were condemned worldwide, it wasn’t the first time Africa has seen such violence.