Nigeria on Wednesday marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention to abuses in his native region. The anniversary came at a tense time for Nigeria, one of … read more
Authorities say a mother travelling with seven children has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle assault rifles for a violent Muslim sect into northern Nigeria. Local police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Wednesday the 35-year-old woman was arrested took a … read more
Authorities say an unidentified man jumped into the personal car of Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo and punched him. Airport police commissioner Chris Ola says the attack happened Monday morning at Lagos’ busy Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Ola says the … read more
Nigerian workers will go ahead with their plan to launch a nationwide pay strike on Wednesday, one of their union leaders said after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan on Tuesday cut short his official visit to Lagos to … read more
Security forces sought Tuesday to free seven foreign hostages after an attack on an oil rig and support vessel off Nigeria, as the incident raised new concerns over one of the world’s largest oil industries. The hostages taken in the … read more
At least, two persons were feared dead in a clash between youths from Egi community in Rivers State and security personnel guarding a facility belonging to an oil servicing firm. The News Agency of Nigeria reports said that youths from … read more
The court of Appeal sitting in Benin City this afternoon annulled the election of Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan as governor of Delta State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) had declared Mr Uduaghan winner of the 2007 governorship election, but Great … read more
French company Bourbon, a global provider of oil and gas marine services for the petroleum industry, confirmed on Nov. 10 that three Bourbon employees who were abducted in Nigeria in September while aboard the Bourbon Alexandre have been released by … read more
Gunmen in Nigeria on Monday kidnapped two Indonesians and also shot and injured two other people in a village in southern Akwa Ibom State, police said. “The hoodlums shot and injured two people and made away with two Indonesians,” police … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said plans are underway to launch series of attacks on oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region soon. It also said that it was holding several expatraites hostage including three … read more