The trial of Chidi Adabanya, a former employee of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), who, along with some officials of the Bayelsa State Government, allegedly obtained the sum of N1.9 billion from the oil company through a phony consultancy contract … read more
Despite its current status as Africa’s biggest economy and the 26th globally, Nigeria is one of the worst locations on earth to start a business, a new report has said. A new 2014 Africa survey report, conducted Johannesburg-based Good Governance … read more
There was still no news on when the bodies of more than 80 South Africans killed in a building collapse in Nigeria will come home, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. “We still don’t know. Even as we speak now … read more
A young woman found wandering in northeast Nigeria who police said was one of more than 200 missing schoolgirls was actually abducted four months earlier, a source said Monday. National police had said that they believed the woman, who was … read more
Ebola, the word that has come to signify death worldwide, was a health issue during this year’s Haj because of the presence of some thousands of African pilgrims from Nigeria, where the disease surfaced some months ago. However, the Saudi … read more
Abuja, city and capital of Nigeria. It lies in the central part of the Abuja federal capital territory (created 1976), approximately 300 miles (480 km) northeast of Lagos, the former capital (until 1991). During the 1980s the new capital city … read more
Port Harcourt, port town and capital of Rivers state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Bonny River (an eastern distributary of the Niger River) 41 miles (66 km) upstream from the Gulf of Guinea. Founded in 1912 in an area … read more
A United States captain, Wren Thomas, who was taken hostage and tortured in a filthy and mosquito-infested camp in Bayelsa State for 18 days after his supply vessel was hijacked by Nigerian pirates, has told Harris County Court in the … read more
A US official today confirmed that a ceasefire deal appeared to have been reached between Nigeria and Boko Haram militants, but said talks to release some 200 kidnapped girls were ongoing. Doubts have been raised since members of the Nigerian … read more
Nigerian terror group Boko Haram is believed to have abducted 40 women in Adamawa State. The mass kidnapping occurred during attacks carried out by the militants in the northern village of Wagga at the weekend, local reports said. The attacks … read more