The European Commission says it’s ready to start negotiating an agreement with Nigeria to send back Nigerian migrants who do not qualify to stay in the European Union. The Commission said in a statement Wednesday that the move would ensure … read more
Gunmen killed two policemen in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta as they slept in a security post on Monday evening and three soldiers were killed in a second attack. The raids took place a day after five police officers were shot … read more
Babies and children are among the scores dying in a Nigerian military detention center, Amnesty International (AI) said in a Tuesday report. It said that of the 149 people who died this year, eleven were under the age of six. … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has said he does not want an apology from David Cameron for calling his country fantastically corrupt, but a return of the assets taken out of his country and sent to the UK. Speaking at … read more
Young men became entangled in a swirl of flying fists. Gas station workers swatted away boys hoping to fill their plastic cans. A mother with a sleeping baby in her minivan was chased off, rightly accused of jumping the line. … read more
A new militant group has emerged in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta area. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) first came under the spotlight in February, when it claimed responsibility for an attack on an underwater pipeline owned by oil and gas … read more
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been fined $6,800 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) due to over-crowding and a lack of security during its national team’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt in March. The 1-1 draw … read more
A series of attacks on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure has pushed its output of crude close to a 22-year low, Reuters data shows, putting intense pressure on the country’s finances. Shell workers at Nigeria’s Bonga oilfield in the southern Niger Delta … read more
Oil companies operating in Nigeria should evacuate their staff from the southern Niger Delta after several attacks on oil facilities, a senior oil workers’ union official said on Tuesday. “Best thing for any reasonable company to do is evacuate its … read more
US energy giant Chevron has lost thousands of barrels worth of oil production capacity since militants blew up an offshore platform in Nigeria in renewed violence that could hit exports from Africa’s largest oil producer, the company said. “Approximately 35,000 … read more