(IRIN) – Even by the usual violent standards of Nigeria’s conflict-ridden, oil-rich southern Niger Delta region, it has been a bloody seven days, with dozens of civilian casualties and many more wounded or displaced, according to local observers, in clashes … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said on Saturday it had declared a second force majeure on crude oil shipments from Nigeria following militant attacks in recent days on its facilities in the Niger Delta. (Advertisement) Shell last week extended a force majeure, … read more
The Nigerian Armed Forces will not be intimidated by militants operating in the Niger Delta to abdicate its responsibility to defend the country, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Paul Dike, has said. Dike said the military … read more
WORLD number one female tennis player, Serena Williams, who is also the reigning U.S. Open champion, and her sister, Venus, the reigning Wimbledon champion, will arrive in Nigeria on November 10 to begin a three-day tour aimed at promoting youth … read more
Security operatives yesterday arrested two more staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the clampdown continued following the false report on Tuesday that President Umaru Yar�adua was planning to resign because of poor health. The latest arrests came … read more
Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, yesterday, in response to a letter from Counsel to Leader of Niger Delta Vigilante Movement, Mr Tom Ateke, said Ateke was not a wanted man. Ateke’s Counsel, Honourable Uche Onyeaguocha, had written to the … read more
A Nigerian TV station has been shut down by the security services after it reported the president would step down due to his poor health. Managers at Channels TV were arrested on Tuesday night, following the broadcast of a hoax … read more
The European Union has offered to help Nigeria develop plans for a trans-Saharan pipeline to take gas from Nigeria to Europe. The offer was made during a visit by the EU’s energy commissioner to the Nigerian capital. The move is … read more
A coalition of Nigerian human rights groups has mobilized 86 lawyers to defend the country’s most married man, currently detained for unlawful marriages and inciting contempt of Islamic religious laws, an activist said Wednesday. “The coalition of 27 human rights … read more
Fighting between militant groups and the Nigerian military in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Wednesday entered a fifth day in the region�s worst violence in two years, raising fears of an escalation in the unrest that has plagued the area. … read more