Nigeria’s federal government has said it will probe Tuesday’s oil spill from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company’s (SNEPCo’s) offshore Bonga deep water field. Minister of Environment Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia announced the plan on Saturday, four days after a loading … read more
Nigeria lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said on Monday, following Christmas Day bomb attacks on churches by Islamist militants that killed more than two dozen people. Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner who lost the … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the Christmas Day blasts at Madalla, Jos and Damaturu in a statement issued here late on Sunday. The president said that the acts of killing innocent Nigerians were unwarranted and condemnable. “The bombing of innocent citizens … read more
Fighting between a radical Muslim sect and paramilitary forces in Nigeria has killed at least 61 people over several days of violence in the nation’s northeast that has left churches bombed and people hiding in fear, authorities said Saturday. In … read more
An environmental group says an oil spill off the coast of Nigeria this past week could stretch across more than 900 square kilometers of ocean. The U.S.-based group, SkyTruth, says it estimates from satellite images it has obtained that the … read more
Bubbling christmas night church services remain absent in several northern states in Nigeria as a result of fear of Islamist militant group Boko Haram.Most northern christians fearful of bomb attacks from militants opted for daytime christmas eve service or totally … read more
Emergency authorities in Nigeria say an explosion has struck near a Catholic church close to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib and a local police spokesman, Richard Oguche, said the blast happened Sunday morning as the … read more
Two bombs exploded during Christmas church service at a Catholic church today in Madalla near Suleja, Niger state killing at least 20 persons and injuring several others. Christmas day worshippers at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla near Abuja in Niger … read more
A government official says a second explosion has struck near a church in Nigeria, this time targeting a church in the restive central Nigerian city of Jos. Government spokesman Pam Ayuba told The Associated Press the blast struck Sunday near … read more
Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian oil spill, the largest in the African nation since 1998, highlights the different world responses to oil spills. Nigerian authorities on Thursday put emergency measures in place to prevent the spill of less than 40,000 barrels … read more