A former chief executive of construction giant KBR Inc. faced sentencing Thursday for a federal bribery conviction related to the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004. Albert “Jack” Stanley pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring in … read more
Militant Islamic sect Boko Haram has attacked the city of Kano again. Police sources said the group attacked some quarters along BUK road in Kano killing several people. Some residents had earlier claimed that the Kano home of the inspector … read more
The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria says his nation is offering support to the West African nation’s fight against a radical Islamist sect, but ruled out sending troops to a country vital to American energy supplies. Ambassador Terence P. McCulley told … read more
Authorities say four police officers have been killed in two separate attacks in Nigeria. One attack happened Thursday morning in Kano, a city of 9 million people in Nigeria’s Muslim north. Police said in a statement that gunmen riding on … read more
A rampaging lion has killed two persons and 30 livestock in Nigeria’s northern state of Yobe, the local media reported Tuesday, The report said the lion, which apparently escaped from the Yankari Games Reserve in neighbouring Bauchi state, attacked and … read more
Victims of environmental disasters or other abuses inflicted by corporations in Nigeria are being denied justice as they are too poor or do not know how to seek legal recourse, jurists have said. “Poor rural victims of corporate human rights … read more
Oil companies in Nigeria are battling against a rising theft that is costing them an estimated 150,000 barrels of crude each day, an oil major official says. Ian Craig, vice president for Shell Exploration and Production Africa said militant attacks … read more
A wealthy Nigerian-born, British-based oil baron has been granted permission to use Nigerian tribal law to appeal a $21 million divorce payout to his former British wife, the Telegraph has reported. Michael Prest, the 50 year-old founder of Nigerian energy … read more
Reliable sources are confirming exclusively to Oyibos OnLine that a collision occured between a Nigierian Navy vessel and a vessel owned by Total. The incident occurred approximately 5 miles upriver from Bonny. the Total vessel has capsized and one crew … read more
Nigeria’s military said it killed eight Islamist insurgents who attacked a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Monday, but a local nurse said his hospital had received at least 20 bodies from the fighting. Residents said they heard gunfire … read more