Amnesty International and other rights bodies Friday slammed Nigeria’s proposed reform to the oil and gas sector, saying it failed to address the key industry’s impact on local communities. “As presently drafted, the bill fails to address the social and … read more
After nearly two days of military bombardment of his Maiduguri, Borno State base, the leader of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, was killed yesterday in a shoot-out with security forces. Yusuf�s deputy arrested two days ago has … read more
EFFORTS to resolve the lingering industrial dispute between the management of Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited and its workers over severance benefits after the company was bought over by a Chinese company, Sinopec, appears not to be yielding results as two … read more
AFTER four days of fierce gun battle between the Nigerian armed forces and members of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, calm returned to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital yesterday. The military said that they had successfully crushed the uprising by … read more
A Nigerian government minister has expressed relief at the death of an Islamic sect leader whose capture police announced on Thursday. But Information Minister Dora Akunyili told the BBC the government “does not condone extra-judicial killings”. Human rights campaigners have … read more
More soldiers were said to have been killed in the exchange of gunfire between them and members of the militant religious sect, “Boko Haram”, yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State. Military authorities refused to confirm or deny the story last night … read more
ABOUT 43 members of Boko Haram, the radical anti-western education Islamic sect were killed in a gun duel with security forces in Yobe state, yesterday, as a manhunt for the sect’s leaders intensifies. Some 180 women and children were also … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group has condemned what it called attacks against Christians and their places of worships in the northern part of the country and also distanced itself from a group claiming to represent it in negotiation with the Federal … read more
Senators from six Nigerian oil-producing states on Wednesday rejected a proposed new oil law which seeks to reform the corruption-ridden oil and gas sector. “This we totally reject,” said the spokesman for the 18 senators, Victor Ndoma-Egba. The Petroleum Industry … read more
Just like the emperor that fiddled while his kingdom burned, our president decided that a state visit to Brazil was worth his attention more than an internecine problem that has left, at the last count, 150 people dead and thousands … read more