President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security to be stepped up in the country’s oil-producing south, after a spate of attacks blamed on local militants that he said threatened the economy. Buhari on Friday met senior executives of the Anglo-Dutch oil … read more
Nigeria’s oil production showed further signs of strain on Thursday as intruders blocked access to Exxon Mobil’s terminal exporting , the country’s largest crude stream. Exxon Mobil said the terminal continued to operate even as the intruders blocked staff from … read more
Nigeria’s military reported rescuing a second “Chibok girl” in a forest battle with Islamic extremists, but a community leader said Friday she is not on the list of 218 students missing from the 2014 mass abduction from the school by … read more
The Nigerian government is now under pressure to free more girls after the rescue of one of the 219 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in the north of the country two years ago. Amina Ali Nkeki, who was rescued on … read more
A UK probe into suspected bribery at Rolls-Royce, the engineering group, has spread to Nigeria in the latest blow to a company already facing investigations in multiple countries. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is examining Rolls-Royce’s former energy operations in the … read more
Attacks on energy infrastructure continue to bombard the oil majors operating in the Niger Delta. The latest victim was Italian oil giant Eni, who told UPI in an email that some of its equity oil production was knocked offline because … read more
Suspected Niger delta oil rebels have bombed a gas pipeline owned by the Nigeria subsidiary of Italy’s Eni, the latest attack on the country’s oil facilities, a company official said Wednesday. The militants blew up the Agip gas pipeline at … read more
The first of more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls missing after being kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago has been found. DW presents a timeline of events surrounding the girls’ abduction. The kidnapping of over 200 girls from … read more
Nigerian officials have confirmed they have found one of the girls kidnapped from Chibok. She is the first girl to be located since Boko Haram militants abducted hundreds from the northeastern town in 2014 . Army official Sani Usman said … read more
Nigerian labor and civil society groups say their strike planned for Wednesday against a hike in fuel prices will go on as scheduled. The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called for an indefinite strike … read more