The looming national blackout was averted yesterday at the 11th hour following the assent by the federal government to meet all the demands of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). … read more
Police searched for weapons and residents were on edge here Saturday ahead of the one-year anniversary of a deadly uprising by the Nigerian Taliban, with fears it would strike again. A sect leader believed killed appeared on video issuing threats … read more
Shell plans to sell off some of its onshore oil fields in southern Nigeria, a company source said Friday, with the facilities located in a region where the industry has faced repeated militant attacks. The fields are believed to account … read more
There is pressure now on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare whether he will run in 2011 presidential election as the Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment requiring elections in January, shortening the campaign period. The presidential race is shaping … read more
Nigeria’s Senate has voted to move up general elections to January, pressuring President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling party to resolve a split between the mainly Christian south and majority Muslim north. The House of Representatives must still approve the new election … read more
Nigerian lawmakers on Thursday approved three billion dollars in new spending months ahead of elections, while also lowering the benchmark oil price the country’s budget is based on. The 444-billion-naira spending increase (three billion dollars, two billion euros) will finance … read more
Benin police have arrested four Nigerians on suspicion of kidnapping a Lebanese businessman at the weekend, police who freed the hostage said Thursday. “The four kidnappers arrested on Tuesday are all Nigerians,” Louis-Philippe Houndegnon, commander of the elite police unit … read more
An estimated 7,000 jobs will be created in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa State when a refinery is built there in a joint project with China, state oil officials said on Thursday. State-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said in a statement … read more
Protesting women and elders of Ugborodo community, Warri South local government area of Delta State, who had laid siege at Chevron premises for the past six days to protest the federal government’s alleged neglect and failure to build shore protections … read more
Reports that a Nigerian couple residing in the UK gave birth to a white baby girl made headlines news in Nigeria Wednesday, with almost all newspapers reporting the story on their front pages. The picture of the Nigerian couple’s family … read more