Nigeria will tap on US security expertise to tackle the crisis in the volatile southern oil-producing Niger Delta, Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Friday. He spoke as Nigeria, the United States’ fifth largest source of crude, created four special … read more
Nigeria’s sports minister, Ibrahim Bio, and Super Eagles coach, Lars Lagerback, will later today meet with representatives of football’s world body, FIFA, in an attempt to dump the Ballito Hampshire Hotel contracted to serve as the national team’s base camp … read more
Divisions within Nigeria’s ruling party threaten its continued dominance as the country prepares for elections next year. The People’s Democratic Party is the undisputed king of Nigerian politics, having won the last three presidential elections, holding majorities in both houses … read more
Nigeria’s white-collar oil union on Thursday urged the acting president to stem rising insecurity, saying that sectarian violence and attacks on oil facilities were hurting the country. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said in a … read more
PRESIDENT Barack Obama of the United States (U.S.) has been asked to list Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC) because of the incessant religious crises, abuses and violence, especially in the northern part of the country. A statutory … read more
Former militants fed up with a Nigerian government amnesty program are regrouping and are behind a renewed wave of kidnappings, robberies and oil theft, security officials say. A group of ex-rebels are believed to be responsible for a “major attack” … read more
The Federal Government, last Friday, charged 91 persons suspected to have participated in the brutal killing of residents of Dogo Nahawa and Razat villages of Plateau State before a Federal High Court sitting in Jos. All the accused persons charged … read more
Less than three months to the end of Professor Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has sent him on a pre-disengagement leave. A professor of pharmacognosy, Iwu was appointed chairman … read more
Nigeria’s senate Wednesday ordered a probe into a prominent lawmaker’s alleged marriage to a 13-year-old Egyptian girl, after the national rights watchdog and other 10 groups accused him of shaming the country. The petition by the 11 bodies to the … read more
A new Nigerian law that gives preference to local service companies also guarantees fair access to foreign oil companies who want to do business in the west African country, the oil minister said. Petroleum Minister Diezani Madueke said the new … read more