The Nigerian senate on Wednesday voted to amend the constitution setting a time limit of 14 days within which the president must formally notify the parliament of any inablity to perform his functions. The vote came as President Umaru Yar’Adua … read more
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell pledged Wednesday to assist Nigeria to harness its vast natural gas resources to boost electricity in the power-starved west African country. Nigeria, rich in oil and gas resources, currently produces less than 3,000 megawatts of electricity … read more
AMIDST widespread doubts, fears and misgivings over the purported return yesterday of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to Nigeria, in the dead night, indications are that, at best, the country may have only graduated from absentee Presidency to a phantom alternative. … read more
A former Nigerian state governor who serves as ranking member of the nation’s ruling party was arrested for allegedly embezzling $100 million of government money meant for public projects, an anti-corruption official said Tuesday. Agents from the Economic and Financial … read more
President Umaru Yaradua returned from Saudi Arabia on a private plane that landed at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, Nigerian media outlet Next reported Feb. 24. The ailing president was taken by ambulance in a presidential … read more
The U.S. has asked Nigeria to boost its efforts to fight terrorism and offered to help the West African country improve airport security after authorities said a Nigerian man tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jet on Dec. 25. Assistant … read more
Shell Tuesday criticised Nigeria’s oil bill fashioned to reform the oil and gas sector, saying mistakes in it, if passed into law, will take years to correct. “The simple, passionately stated priorities of government have been completely lost in a … read more
Governors from Nigeria’s oil-rich and volatile south Tuesday called for rapid development of the impoverished region, saying this alone could bring lasting peace. A government amnesty for oil rebels who laid down their arms has brought about a temporary truce … read more
Nigeria’s acting President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday he was committed to overhauling Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry so that it better serves the country’s national interest. Lawmakers have been working for years to finalise the far-reaching Petroleum Industry … read more
Nigeria on Monday appealed to oil and gas companies to assist in tackling an energy crisis which has denied power to a majority of people in Africa’s most populous country. “We must have electricity in Nigeria and the oil and … read more