FEDERAL Executive Council (FEC) has approved the application of 92 foreign nationals, who are mostly Lebanese, for Nigerian citizenship. According to the Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho (rtd), a total of 109 foreign nationals applied to be granted Nigerian … read more
Royal Dutch Shell is close to completing the sale of its stake in four Nigerian onshore oil blocks after receiving bids from several foreign and local companies, industry sources close to the deals said. Shell said last year it had … read more
The Federal Government has said it is making steady progress towards achieving the target of the Roadmap it set last year for the power sector. Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, who presided over the meeting of the Presidential Action Committee … read more
Nigeria is ready to support OPEC in stabilizing the international oil market following the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa that has caused global crude prices to spiral upwards, state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said Wednesday. The political … read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has embarked on full degree certificate programmes for ex-militants from the Niger Delta region of the country. The development, which is part of the presidential amnesty program aimed at rehabilitating former militants in the region, … read more
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is close to selling four of its onshore oil blocks in Nigeria to local oil producers eager to snap up Western oil majors’ properties as unrest in North Africa and the Middle East boosts global crude … read more
A recent upsurge in pre-vote violence in Nigeria poses a challenge to Nigeria’s April elections, a team of foreign election observers said on Friday. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, holds presidential elections on April 9, a week after legislative polls … read more
About a dozen people are feared dead and many more were injured in an explosion that rocked a political party rally in Suleja in Nigeria’s northern Niger state Thursday, according to emergency services and eyewitness accounts. The explosion rocked a … read more
In the wake of crises in the mid-east, none has posed more danger to Nigerians like the on going onslaught and massacre in Libya. Statistics put together by our organization through, Mr. Ben Igbokwe, and Mr. Solomon Okoduwa, both Nigerians … read more
Nigerian police say members of a radical Muslim sect have killed two police officers in the country’s troubled northeast. Borno State police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Wednesday that three gunmen shot dead Santal Ali, 43, at his home in the … read more