President Umaru Yar�Adua has directed the Minister of State for Transportation in charge of Aviation, Mr. Felix Hyatt, to investigate reports of maltreatment of Nigerian passengers by foreign airlines. The President, according to a source in the Presidency, was particularly … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it was forced to shut 169,000 barrels of Bonny Light crude oil production in Nigeria for repair work following sabotage to a pipeline last week. Shell has declared force majeure on Bonny Light exports. … read more
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CA-COL), a Lagos-based non-governmental organization, is demanding a probe of Nigeria�s former President Olusegun Obasanjo over allegations of corruption. The group petitioned the National Assembly to look into how the former president acquired his wealth … read more
Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago. … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for yesterday�s attack on pipelines belonging to Shell and Cheveron in Isaka and Abonema (close to Idama flow station) of Rivers State. In addition, the group has written … read more
Women formed the majority of victims of the HIV/AIDS which claimed about 400,000 lives in Nigeria in 2007, just as N800 million has been earmarked to be expended in Nasarawa State on the control of the disease in 2008. The … read more
Two people were shot dead in northern Nigeria on Sunday in clashes over over a delay in the release of party primary election results, police said. A police officer sustained machete cuts in the incident in the Toro council area … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua has reportedly made a passionate appeal to militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta to lay down their weapons and give peace a chance. This comes after Nigerians called for an end to the violence in the … read more
Angola may over take Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa�s leading oil producer, in the next few years, Business Day has gathered. Already, an internal progress report drafted in January by a committee set up by President Umaru Yar�Adua to reform Nigeria�s energy … read more
Peace moves in the Niger Delta suffered another setback as armed militants struck in the early hours of yesterday , kidnapping Margaret, wife of Chief Humphrey Idisi, Managing Director and Chief Executive of an indigenous drilling company, Lonestar Drilling from … read more