Nigeria’s information minister has urged cabinet colleagues to accept that President Umaru Yar’Adua is no longer fit to lead, a BBC source confirms. In the first sign of a cabinet split over the saga, Dora Akunyili tabled a memo requesting … read more
Less than a week after the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) agreed to sell three oil leases to a Nigerian-led multinational consortium, the oil giant announced on Thursday, it was open to selling more assets in Nigeria, where its oil … read more
Down a parched road lies the tomb of northern Nigeria’s most celebrated leader. Legend holds that when the structure collapsed a few years ago the exposed body of Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and standard bearer of the northern … read more
The Nigerian government warned warned Niger Delta militants Wednesday against issuing threats of violence, saying that they did not have a “monopoly” of violence. The militant Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta vowed Tuesday fresh attacks on oil … read more
Nigeria’s ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua must hand over power to his deputy within seven days or resign, a group of media chiefs has warned. Owners of 17 newspapers and media organisations said in a joint statement that Mr Yar’Adua should … read more
The United States will review soon a list of countries whose air travelers are subject to tighter screening and could remove nations like Nigeria if they are no longer deemed to be security threats, a U.S. official said. Nigeria and … read more
ANGERED by the continued absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua and his refusal to transfer power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, about 50 militant groups under the aegis of Network of Freedom Fighters in Niger Delta, NFF, yesterday, threatened to launch … read more
Yar’Adua’s Minister for Information, Dora Akunyili, created a fiasco at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja today as she submitted a memo calling on the FEC to face up to the reality of Yar’Adua’s incapacitation. She expressed the view … read more
Nigeria plans to sell oilfield assets this year containing as much as 2 billion barrels of reserves either relinquished by Western firms or unsold in three previous bidding rounds, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. A bidding round for the assets, … read more
An al-Qaeda cell in North Africa, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), yesterday offered to help Nigerian Muslims with training and weapons during their battles, as Nigeria grapples with religious crisis. This deadly offer is coming 71 days after … read more