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Nigerian police freed a Ghanaian woman after a shootout with her kidnappers in the restive oil city of Port Harcourt, police said Tuesday. “The Ghanaian woman is married to a Nigerian and was rescued from the boot of a car … read more

Nigeria’s public sector workers have suspended a planned strike over pay to enable further negotiations with the government on their demands, union officials said Tuesday. “The five-day strike due to start today has been suspended for two weeks to allow … read more

Royal Dutch Shell spilled nearly 14 000 tons of crude oil into the creeks of the Niger Delta last year, the company said on Tuesday, blaming thieves and militants for the environmental damage. The amount of oil spilled by Shell’s … read more

A former Nigerian government minister accused of misappropriating millions of euros will face corruption charges in court on Thursday, days after returning from self-imposed exile, his lawyer said. Nasir el-Rufai, the 2003-2007 minister in charge of Nigeria’s federal capital of … read more

The Egyptian child married last month in Abuja by Senator and former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Yerima is the 14-year-old daughter of M Eladly, his driver in Cairo, Egypt. Marim Maged M. Eladly was brought into Nigeria alongside 32 … read more

Nigeria is to question a former minister Tuesday about allegations of corruption, two days after he returned from self-exile in Britain, anti-graft police said. Nasir el-Rufai, who was minister of Nigeria’s capital Abuja for four years until 2007, is suspected … read more

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has said it will soon increase electricity output from the Afam V1 power plant from 450 to 650 mega watts, Shell’s Corporate Media Relations Manager, Mr. Tony Okonedo, said in a statement on … read more

Nigeria’s main Opposition party, the Action Congress (AC), has asked the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Vincent Ogbulafor, to step down from his high office, against the backdrop of his impending trial over alleged monumental fraud … read more

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has resolved its accommodation problems ahead of the World Cup in South Africa. The Super Eagles will now stay at the Protea Waterfront Hotel at Richards Bay after dumping Hampshire Hotel The Fifa accommodation office, Match, … read more