Nigeria’s ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua must hand over power to his deputy within seven days or resign, a group of media chiefs has warned. Owners of 17 newspapers and media organisations said in a joint statement that Mr Yar’Adua should … read more
The United States will review soon a list of countries whose air travelers are subject to tighter screening and could remove nations like Nigeria if they are no longer deemed to be security threats, a U.S. official said. Nigeria and … read more
ANGERED by the continued absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua and his refusal to transfer power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, about 50 militant groups under the aegis of Network of Freedom Fighters in Niger Delta, NFF, yesterday, threatened to launch … read more
Yar’Adua’s Minister for Information, Dora Akunyili, created a fiasco at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja today as she submitted a memo calling on the FEC to face up to the reality of Yar’Adua’s incapacitation. She expressed the view … read more
Nigeria plans to sell oilfield assets this year containing as much as 2 billion barrels of reserves either relinquished by Western firms or unsold in three previous bidding rounds, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. A bidding round for the assets, … read more
An al-Qaeda cell in North Africa, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), yesterday offered to help Nigerian Muslims with training and weapons during their battles, as Nigeria grapples with religious crisis. This deadly offer is coming 71 days after … read more
Theft, rather than political motivations, likely led gunmen to rupture a Royal Dutch Shell PLC pipeline running through the creeks and swamplands of the Niger Delta, a military spokesman said. Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, who oversees a military operation that … read more
Nigerians have not seen their president for more than two months and tensions are mounting, with huge security implications for the oil-producing giant and the wider region. If Abuja does not resolve the impasse over its leadership and return governance … read more
Royal Dutch Shell has shut three oil flow stations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region after a pipeline was sabotaged, a company spokeswoman has said. She said Saturday’s leak on the Trans Ramos oil pipeline was confirmed “to have been caused … read more
President Umaru Yar‘Adua has spent at least 109 days for medical reasons in foreign hospitals abroad, since May 29, 2007 when he was inaugurated. The number of days he has spent in Germany and Saudi Arabia on medical grounds is … read more