Gunmen opened fire at an open-air tavern in northeastern Nigeria, killing six people, police said on Sunday, amid an upsurge in violence in the country ahead of April elections. The motive for the attack late Friday at the tavern outside … read more
A newspaper columnist critical of Nigeria’s late and current president said Sunday that the oil-rich nation’s secret police seized his passports when he entered the country. Okey Ndibe, who writes a weekly column on politics for The Sun newspaper, told … read more
Majority of contenders for the presidential job will, this week, battle to cross the first hurdle in the race to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. Some major political parties are conducting their national conventions where their delegates will either elect … read more
At least 18 consortia are working on bids for Nigerian oil rights being sold by Royal Dutch Shell and partners, the Sunday Times newspaper said, citing unidentified sources close to the process. The newspaper said Nat Rothschild, scion of the … read more
Clashes killed at least 11 people in central Nigeria on Saturday amid fresh tensions linked to a political meeting and an attack on buses carrying Muslim passengers, a military commander said. The violence occurred in the city of Jos, where … read more
For the second week running, security concerns, arising from the spate of bombings in the twilight of the year 2010, continued to dominate newspaper headlines in Nigeria. Also reported was Thursday’s re-run governorship election in South-South Delta State in which … read more
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo made an unannounced visit to Ivory Coast late Saturday in an effort to help resolve the country’s deepening political crisis after several other West African leaders have failed to persuade the incumbent leader to hand … read more
Although developments in Nigeria and Egypt in recent weeks, particularly the attacks on churches in the countries, may not worth splitting hairs, the strategic importance must not be lost on scholars of the global march of the political face of … read more
The ruling party candidate has won a key state governor’s election in Nigeria’s oil-producing region, officials said Friday, in a vote seen as a major test ahead of April’s nationwide polls. Officials announced that Emmanuel Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic … read more
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was submitted to the National Assembly for it action over a year and half ago. To date, that piece of vital legislation is still awaiting passage into law by the lawmakers. The much-touted reform in … read more