French oil firm Total SA says it has signed a deal to acquire Chevron Corp.’s stake in an offshore oil block near Nigeria’s coastline. Total announced the deal Thursday for exploration rights in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and … read more
Nigeria’s government backtracked Wednesday on claims that its state petroleum firm was insolvent, raising new questions over the oil-rich nation’s squandered resources and the role corruption has played. The reversal came a day after the junior finance minister labeled the … read more
A Nigerian Islamist leader believed killed in an uprising nearly a year ago has threatened the United States and paid tribute to Al-Qaeda in Iraq in a new message, a monitoring group said Wednesday. The message attributed to the Islamist … read more
The Nigerian Football Federation has confirmed the Super Eagles will play a friendly against World Cup opponents South Korea on August 11. Both teams played a 2-2 draw at the World Cup in South Africa which saw Nigeria being eliminated. … read more
The Senate President, David Mark, has called for declaration of state of emergency in states where kidnapping has refused to cease. Mr. Mark made the call following debates on a motion on the rising wave of insecurity in the country. … read more
Christians and Muslims clashed in eastern Nigeria, leaving eight people dead and 40 seriously wounded, with six mosques and one church also torched, police said on Wednesday. In the latest sectarian violence to rock the country, fighting broke out Tuesday … read more
The Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, has given the abductors of the five journalists kidnapped in Obingwa area of Abia State last Sunday, 24 hours to release them unconditionally or face the wrath of the law enforcement agents in … read more
Online readers have rejected explanations by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, that the rain was responsible for the deplorable state of roads in the state, saying he is being economical with the truth. Governor Fashola had at a retreat … read more
About 500 Nigerian have been confirmed to have been convicted of drug-related offences in Switzerland. This confirmation came as the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and those of the Swiss Federal Immigration Office, on Monday in Abuja, met … read more
Twenty-three journalists, who are members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ekiti State, narrowly escaped death, on Tuesday, when youths of Ikere-Ekiti community ambushed them and wanted to burn them inside the bus. Also, … read more