National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that about 500,000 Nigerians have been displaced due to the devastating floods so far recorded in Nigeria this year. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi, disclosed this on Tuesday during a … read more
An illegal arms shipment including rockets and grenades discovered in Nigeria this week was loaded in Iran by an Iranian trader, the firm that operates the vessel that delivered it said on Friday. Security agents this week intercepted 13 containers … read more
A pipeline belonging to the Italian oil firm Eni was attacked Thursday night in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, shutting in 4,000 barrels a day of crude production, the company said on Friday. Eni said an “act of sabotage occurred in … read more
An Indian teacher who works for an ExxonMobil funded school in southern Nigeria has been released two weeks after she was seized by gunmen, police said on Friday. “She was released yesterday and is in good condition,” Walter Rugbere, police … read more
FIFA said Friday it had fully lifted an international ban on Nigeria after court action against Nigerian football official was withdrawn. The executive committee of world football’s governing body “decided to lift the suspension on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) … read more
Nigeria’s state-run power monopoly, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), is to sack 50,000 workers next year as part of the plan to privatise the firm, the local press rep orted Thursday. The report quoted the Special Adviser on power … read more
Nigeria has disputed UN claims that 1,553 deaths have been recorded from 38,173 cholera cases in the country since January, instead putting the figures at 1,434 deaths from 37,289 cases. ‘We base our figures on reports we get from the … read more
An illegal shipment of rocket launchers and heavy mortars intercepted in Nigeria first arrived in the country in July on a ship which sailed from India, the Nigerian customs service said on Thursday. Nigeria’s secret service intercepted 13 containers in … read more
Shell has almost reached a settlement with the United States in a bribery case in Nigeria. It is expected that the Dutch-British oil company will receive a 30 million dollar fine. Shell is being accused of the large-scale bribery of … read more
Two Agip oil pipelines in Nigeria’s Niger Delta have been attacked with explosives by saboteurs, causing some oil production to be shut in, security sources said on Friday. The sources said two pipelines, from the Osiama oil field to Brass … read more