Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared his candidacy for presidential elections in April, pledging to clamp down on corruption and review the country’s privatisation plans. Buhari’s reputation as a disciplinarian and a popular perception that he is … read more
Robbers have raided Nigeria”s main international airport and stolen just-arrived equipment to register voters for next year”s elections, which were found later in a nearby bush. Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines imported into Nigeria to register the voters for a … read more
SHELL has lashed out at claims one of its most senior executives in Australia traded Nigerian political secrets with the US Government, as alleged in the latest cache of cables released by WikiLeaks. The dispatches, created by US embassies in … read more
A Nigerian terror suspect jailed in South Africa fears a flow of arms into his homeland’s oil-rich Niger Delta means unrest will soon escalate, he said in a telephone interview from jail Thursday. Henry Okah was arrested after deadly bombings … read more
A Canadian taken hostage at gunpoint on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria a month ago has broken his silence about his nine-day ordeal, expressing sympathy for the kidnappers even though they shot him. Robert Croke of Torbay, … read more
The first batch of the ex-militants from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria on Wednesday traveled to South Africa through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for six months training as seamen. This is part of the Federal Government … read more
Nigeria’s leadership was in total confusion over who was in charge early this year with then-president Umaru Yar’Adua thought to be in a “semi-comatose state,” a leaked diplomatic cable showed Thursday. The cable, dated February 26, 2010, reported on a … read more
A top official from oil giant Shell told the then-US ambassador in Abuja that the firm had “access to everything that was being done” in certain Nigerian ministries, a leaked diplomatic cable showed Thursday. The US diplomatic cable, published by … read more
NIGER DELTA Liberation Force, NDLF, headed by militant leader, “General” John Togo, warned, yesterday, that it would embark on a massive bombing of oil pipelines in the creeks of Niger Delta, if the Federal Government refused to convene a post-amnesty … read more
Police in northern Nigeria say they have arrested eight members of a radical Muslim sect believed to be responsible for a rash of targeted killings. Borno state police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Tuesday that police arrested eight men between the … read more