The Nigerian Million March Project has announced its intention to organize peaceful marches in major cities around the world to call attention to the Nigerian government’s failure to provide sufficient and reliable electricity to its 150 million citizens, despite the … read more
A cameraman for the Nigerian state-run television network has been killed by suspected Islamist militants. Alhaji Zakariya Isa died after being shot in the head and chest at his home in the northern city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said. … read more
A Nigerian ex-militant leader who claims to have lived in Libya and to have had links with Moamer Kadhafi called him a “martyr” on Friday and vowed that his killing would be avenged. “Kadhafi spilled his blood as a martyr … read more
It is common knowledge that Nigeria currently faces some security challenges quite different from what it used to know. The spate of bomb blasts, criminalities and suicide attacks in recent times and aimed at prime targets in parts of the … read more
A village in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta where observers found a drinking-water well polluted with benzene 900 times the international limit has sued Royal Dutch Shell PLC for $1 billion in a U.S. federal court. The lawsuit alleges that Shell, … read more
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said here Wednesday that combating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of Africa requires a coordinated and comprehensive approach by the international community. “As we have learned from our experience in … read more
Slain Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi was a major sponsor of terrorism activities and religious fundamentalism in the country, resulting in his supply of arms and ammunition to sectarian groups during religious uprisings, terrorist attacks and even the post elections … read more
The death toll in the bombing of the UN house in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, 26 Aug. has risen to 24, following the death of another UN staffer who was critically injured in the suicide attack, UN Resident Coordinator in … read more
Authorities say suspected sect members have killed four people in three separate attacks in the country’s northeast. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed said Thursday that two gunmen shot dead a prison guard in a barber shop alongside the shop’s … read more
A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer said Thursday. The suit was filed … read more