AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has described as shocking the scientific findings of a United Nations Environment Programme report which found extensive oil pollution in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta. The human rights group has called on Royal Dutch Shell, as lead oil … read more
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed that a Nigerian community impacted by its oil spills can seek compensation in a British court, lawyers in the case have said, potentially opening itself up to bigger future financial and reputational damages. Shell said … read more
A bus driver ran over and killed 14 travelers who had been ordered by robbers to lie in the middle of a highway after their bus was robbed on its way to Nigeria’s capital, police said Wednesday. Robbers stopped an … read more
A video allegedly showing a British man and his Italian colleague kidnapped in May in the northern-western Nigerian state of Kebbi has been released. In the footage, which was sent to the AFP news agency in Ivory Coast, they say … read more
The Nigerian government on Tuesday played down direct negotiations with the Islamic Boko Haram sect, which has been behind a wave of deadly bombings in the north of the country. Speaking at the inauguration of a committee that is to … read more
Flying Eagles top star Ahmed Musa will observe the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began Monday, at the U20 World Cup in Colombia. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are expected to go without food and water for … read more
The Nigerian government has launched a fact-finding mission into the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks in the northeast and in the capital, Abuja. Know thy enemy. That appears to be the first … read more
An independent monitor says hundreds of parents are defying threats of jail time by refusing polio vaccines for their children in a high-risk northern Nigerian state. Muhammad Abdu Zango, Kano state coordinator of Journalists Against Polio, said Tuesday that more … read more
Famous Nigerian polygamist and Islamic cleric Abubakar Masaba, 87, has divorced 21 of his 86 wives and married yet another, the private Punch newspaper reported Tuesday. The paper, which brought the polygamist to the limelight three years ago, reported that … read more
Amid skyrocketing air fares in Nigeria, the country’s domestic airlines have asked the federal government to ensure the availability of aviation fuel at affordable prices as a condition for slashing fares. The local press Tuesday said the airline operators, at … read more