Nigeria has begun sending air marshals on flights and selectively using full-body scanners after the Christmas Day plot by a man accused of having a bomb in his underwear, officials said Wednesday. The air marshal programme began some two months … read more
Nigeria’s government will buy three new jets for the president at a cost of 155 million dollars, officials said Wednesday, even as the oil-rich country seeks financing to provide adequate electricity. Dassault Aviation of France will supply two Falcon 7x … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan swore in three new ministers on Wednesday, including two opposition members from the country’s mainly Muslim north ahead of elections early next year. The moves come with Jonathan, a Christian from the south, facing a dispute within … read more
US oil giant ExxonMobil said Wednesday it had resumed oil deliveries from Nigeria after cleaning up a spill from an offshore platform in the country’s oil-rich south. “Mobil Producing Nigeria, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/MPN joint venture) … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday pledged a 3.5-billion-dollar electricity grid for the power-starved African giant, but gave few details on how the pre-election promise would be paid for. Jonathan has made improved access to power a key goal in a … read more
A would-be member of parliament in Nigeria has been shot dead hours after announcing his intention to run in next year’s general elections, but police said they could not yet say if the killing was politically motivated. Mr. Oghogho Omoregbe, … read more
Nigeria’s Senate approved an 87.7 billion-naira ($583 million) budget for the country’s electoral commission to register voters before the 2011 general election. The budget was approved “in the hope that the electoral commission will conduct a credible election,” Senate President … read more
Three people died instantly, and thirteen others sustained injuries from a road crash that took place at Car Wash, Oworosoki Expressway exit of the Third Mainland Bridge on Tuesday morning. The accident involved a truck belonging to the Lagos State … read more
The tale of Nigeria’s banking crisis gets complicated, as matters related to money in this country often do, but it may be best to start with the private jets. Banks essentially loaning money to themselves used the cash for all … read more
Authorities shot three people dead as a mob threatened to burn down a police station in an area of northern Nigeria that has been a hotbed of political and religious violence, police said Friday. Police opened fire after hundreds of … read more