A Spanish oil tanker that was hijacked by pirates off West Africa 10 days ago was freed Saturday and the 23-member crew is OK, its owner said. No ransom was paid for the release of the Cypriot-flagged Mattheos I, although … read more
Women in Nigeria are planning to march in protest at what they say is a hidden epidemic of rape and sexual violence in Africa’s most populous country. The issue has received rare public attention after the emergence of an online … read more
Nigeria’s security forces on Thursday gave rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta region one week to seek amnesty, an offer that has previously curbed violence in the turbulent region. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, extended a two-month amnesty offer from … read more
In the grainy video, a Nigerian woman repeatedly asks her attackers to kill her as they take turns raping her at a university dormitory. The five men only promise to drive her home, pushing her back down each time she … read more
Nigeria’s announcement that it may build its first nuclear power plant is fueling concern the country is taking on too big and too dangerous of a project in an effort to end its constant power shortages. The announcement last Thursday … read more
With eight days to the end of the SIM card registration exercise directed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the commission has said that it has no plans to extend the exercise. It would be recalled that the telecommunications regulatory … read more
SHELL Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Wednesday confirmed its decision not to invest in the building of refineries in Nigeria. Mr. Mike Mullier, Global Leader (Crude Trading) in SPDC, disclosed this to newsmen after presenting a paper at the ongoing … read more
Nigerian pirate gangs are moving into the waters of neighbouring countries and attacking vessels further offshore after being driven from their coastal haunts by a military crackdown. The shift to deeper waters mirrors one by their better-known Somali counterparts after … read more
A Nigerian rapist escaped deportation yesterday after European judges ruled he had a right to a ‘private life’ in Britain. Akindoyin Akinshipe, 24, was due to be sent home after losing appeal after appeal in the British courts over his … read more
The reported gang-rape of a female student of the Abia State University (ABSU) in South-eastern Nigeria by five male students of the same institution has attracted the attention of the federal government, who has vowed to investigate it. The private … read more