A Nigerian militant group claimed on Friday to have blown up two key pieces of oil infrastructure and a gas pipeline in the Niger Delta this week, but there was no independent confirmation of any such attacks. The Joint Revolutionary … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) clarified that the recent divestment from three oil blocks in North Western Niger Delta does not imply it is gradually exiting its operations in Nigeria. Shell insisted on Tuesday night that it is not … read more
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has removed the country’s justice minister, a day after taking over as acting leader. Michael Aondoakaa was moved to a less senior post, in what analysts say is a sign of Mr Jonathan exerting control. Mr Aondoakaa … read more
The African Union urged the military in coup-prone Nigeria on Thursday to respect a decision to hand power to the country’s deputy leader until the recovery of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua. In a statement, African Union commission chairman Jean Ping … read more
A Nigerian militant group warned on Wednesday of further unrest in the oil-producing Niger Delta, saying that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan’s assumption of power as acting president was illegal. The JRC is a coalition of ex-militants and community leaders in … read more
Nigerians have called on Acting President Goodluck Jonat han to ensure the unity, progress and development of the nation, even as many continue to fault the process that brought him to his new position. Shortly after the two chambers of … read more
On Tuesday Nigeria’s National Assembly made Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the country’s acting president, in the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who left the country for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia in November. Mr. Jonathan addressed the Nigerian people after … read more
An estimated 1,000 people were killed as Nigerian government forces fought Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe, Kano and Bauchi states in July and August 2009. But the footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows that many of the deaths occurred once … read more
The United States of America has said it would back the transmission of political power so long as it conforms to the rule of law and Nigeria’s Constitution. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents, the United States Assistant Secretary of … read more
Nigeria’s parliament empowered vice-president Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to run Africa’s most populous nation in place of an ill and absent president. The politicians are striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual … read more