Security officials here are concerned that an Islamic militant group believed responsible for a deadly suicide attack on the United Nations compound has splintered into two factions: one focused on local grievances and another that is seeking contacts with outside … read more
Oil thieves caused a fire last week on a Nigerian pipeline owned by Italian oil firm Agip , a government official said on Friday. Agip, subsidiary of multinational energy firm Eni, was not immediately available for comment. “The people were … read more
Two top U.N. officials offered conflicting views Sunday on the safety of its Nigeria headquarters after a suicide car bombing there, as the world body paused to mourn the 23 people killed in the attack claimed by a radical Muslim … read more
Philip Olawale Omotunde took part in a elaborate scam which involved claiming social security pay-outs for fictional disabled babies. The Home Office tried to deport the Nigerian but he won the right to stay in Britain after arguing it would … read more
Nigeria’s president has promised to bring terrorism under control, during a visit to the scene of Friday’s bombing at the UN’s headquarters in Abuja. Goodluck Jonathan said it had been not just an attack on Nigeria, but an attack on … read more
Seven heavily armed assailants boarded a Cameroonian ship with 150 people on board off the coast of Nigeria Saturday and took its captain hostage, a shipping company and a witness told AFP. The others on board were released unharmed, they … read more
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, charged Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of a Biafra separatist movement, and 280 members, with treason in a court in the southeastern city of Enugu, police said. “They were charged yesterday and remanded in prison,” Enugu … read more
The United Nations System in Nigeria yesterday confirmed nine of its staff dead in Friday’s suicide bombing attack on its office. It, however, added that the casualty figure may rise when more information is gathered from hospitals, staff and their … read more
Every day that goes without the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) being passed into law means huge loss to Nigeria. Over five decades since the discovery of oil in commercial quantity, the laws regulating its operations are hinged on the provisions … read more
A car loaded with explosives crashed into the main U.N. building in Nigeria’s capital and exploded Friday, killing at least 18 people in one of the deadliest assaults on the international body in a decade. A radical Muslim sect blamed … read more