Royal Dutch Shell said last year if Nigeria’s oil reforms went ahead as planned the company could lose 80 percent of its offshore oilfield acreage, according to U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. The long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which … read more
Pfizer has dismissed as “preposterous” claims that it ran a “dirty tricks” operation to scuttle a Nigerian federal lawsuit, as the US pharmaceutical group struggles to compensate people affected by a clinical trial it ran in 1996. A cable from … read more
The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Ima Niboro has described the current news rocking the world from the whistle-blowing website, WikiLeaks as the new travesty that international diplomacy has to deal with, with Nigeria being no exception. … read more
Drugmaker Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general to convince him to drop legal action against the company over a drug trial involving children, the Guardian newspaper reported, citing U.S. diplomatic cables made public … read more
Former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared his candidacy for presidential elections in April, pledging to clamp down on corruption and review the country’s privatisation plans. Buhari’s reputation as a disciplinarian and a popular perception that he is … read more
Robbers have raided Nigeria”s main international airport and stolen just-arrived equipment to register voters for next year”s elections, which were found later in a nearby bush. Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines imported into Nigeria to register the voters for a … read more
SHELL has lashed out at claims one of its most senior executives in Australia traded Nigerian political secrets with the US Government, as alleged in the latest cache of cables released by WikiLeaks. The dispatches, created by US embassies in … read more
A Nigerian terror suspect jailed in South Africa fears a flow of arms into his homeland’s oil-rich Niger Delta means unrest will soon escalate, he said in a telephone interview from jail Thursday. Henry Okah was arrested after deadly bombings … read more
A Canadian taken hostage at gunpoint on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria a month ago has broken his silence about his nine-day ordeal, expressing sympathy for the kidnappers even though they shot him. Robert Croke of Torbay, … read more
The first batch of the ex-militants from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria on Wednesday traveled to South Africa through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for six months training as seamen. This is part of the Federal Government … read more