Britain and Nigeria will be seeking ways to tackle one of the fastest growing criminal rackets in the world, the industrial-scale theft of Nigerian crude oil, when Gordon Brown, Britain�s prime minister, hosts the Nigerian president Umaru Yar�Adua in London … read more
As oil prices and profits soar, Nigeria is struggling with how to share the wealth for the benefit of the country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja that a top Nigerian legislator is seeking a more judicious use … read more
MORE than 80 per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed, the Minister of Youth Development, Akinlabi Olasunkanmi has said. He based his assertion on data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Even the 10 per cent of the entire … read more
(Reuters) – Armed pirates raided a Norwegian freighter in Nigerian waters on Tuesday, officials said. Norwegian company Spar Shipping AS, which owns the 53,000 dead weight tonnes Spar Gemeni vessel, confirmed the raid occured and that the crew were again … read more
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua in London on Wednesday and is expected to discuss ways to help Nigeria tackle lawlessness in its oil-producing Niger Delta. Below are answers to some questions about the … read more
Britain is offering to help Nigeria crack down on violence in the troubled Niger Delta, which he said has disrupted oil supplies from the African nation, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. Speaking ahead of talks in London with Nigerian … read more
AP) � A passenger plane overshot the runway and skidded to a halt in a nearby field while landing Monday in Nigeria’s southeastern oil town of Port Harcourt but no one was seriously hurt, police and airport officials said. The … read more
CALABAR, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Nigerian court annulled the election of a state governor on Monday in the tenth such ruling since nationwide polls more than a year ago that were deemed not credible by international observers. An appeals court … read more
Oil industry executives have applauded the Joint Military Task Force (JTF�s) renewed offensive against illegal oil bunkering, demanding that the JTF should be resolute in dealing with perpetrators of oil theft. The commendation came in the wake of the recent … read more
The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C., arguably the world�s most powerful city, has joined a litany of foreign missions causing national embarrassment to the country due to neglect, THISDAY has learnt. The last maintenance exercise carried out on the building … read more