Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has told the BBC he has not seen or had “substantial contact” with the ill president in about five months. Umaru Yar’Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November and despite returning home in February … read more
Nigerian kidnappers have released three Syrians and a Lebanese working in the construction sector in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern region, police said Wednesday. “The men were released unhurt on Monday,” Rivers State police spokeswoman Rita Abbey told AFP. She could not … read more
former military leader Gen Ibrahim Babangida will run in the 2011 presidential poll, his spokesman says. He told the BBC that Gen Babangida will seek the nomination of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Gen Babangida took power in 1985 … read more
Nigeria’s acting president is promising free and credible elections in 2011 in Africa’s most populous nation. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday in an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations that was his clear goal that could be … read more
The United States President Barack Obama has acknowledged Nigeria’s leadership role in Africa, saying the country is critical to the survival of the continent. “Nigeria is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it … read more
A regional ministerial aviation security conference opened in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja Monday, with the US saying information sharing by all countries was the key to combating terrorism. US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said all the countries of … read more
The new head of Nigeria’s state-run oil firm NNPC said on Monday he would create a “war room” to resolve the gas shortage problem plaguing the OPEC member’s power plants. Shehu Ladan, NNPC’s general managing director appointed by Acting President … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan arrived the United States of America yesterday morning for a four-day official working visit during which he would participate in the international Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama. Jonathan, according to a … read more
Tension yesterday gripped some states of the Niger Delta region over the alarm raised by Joint Military Task Force (JTF) over the plot by some aggrieved ex-militant leaders to attack oil facilities operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). … read more
A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) weekend faulted the claims by some politicians in Bayelsa State that the Economic and Finacial Crime Commissions (EFCC) was politically motivated to investigate the alleged diversion of … read more