The United States (US) government has said its suspicions that the Nigerian Taliban has links with Al Qaeda affiliates led by Osama bin Laden and the Mali arm of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) are yet to be proved … read more
The trial of five men charged with plotting attacks on government targets has started in Nigeria. Prosecutors say the suspected Islamist militants have links to al Qaida. Gilbert da Costa reports from Abuja some Muslim groups have denounced the trial … read more
The humiliation of Nigeria’s ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is forging ahead, less than a year after he left office. In the past few months, parliamentary committees have exposed allegations of government corruption during his eight-year tenure that sit uneasily with his … read more
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken over the investigation into the circumstances under which the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft disappeared and was flown out of the country on March 15. Top sources at the anti-graft body disclosed to … read more
OIL production shut-in in Nigeria, earlier put at one million barrels per day has reached 1.3 million barrels per day. The surge in the country’s crude losses has been attributed to the strike embarked upon by workers of American firm, … read more
Major exporters of rice around the world have stopped supplies to Nigeria, in anticipation of global shortage of the commodity. This is may precipitate a serious food shortage in the country. But in response to the looming crisis, the Federal … read more
Rebels from Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta said on Monday an April 24 pipeline attack had shut down 350,000 barrels a day of production by Royal Dutch Shell and a company spokesman was not available for comment. The Movement for the … read more
ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) Monday took the drastic step of declaring force majeure on its energy operations in Nigeria because of an ongoing labor strike, signaling the damaging affect the dispute is having on its operations in the country read more
The Nigerian Bar Association has dragged the British Airways before the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the maltreatment of its Nigerian passenger, Mr Ayo Omotade In a motion ex-parte jointly filed by Omotade, NBA and its President, Mr Olisa … read more
Managing Di-rector of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar�Adua, will today meet with the management of Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), and the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in an effort … read more