A Nigerian TV station has been shut down by the security services after it reported the president would step down due to his poor health. Managers at Channels TV were arrested on Tuesday night, following the broadcast of a hoax … read more
The European Union has offered to help Nigeria develop plans for a trans-Saharan pipeline to take gas from Nigeria to Europe. The offer was made during a visit by the EU’s energy commissioner to the Nigerian capital. The move is … read more
A coalition of Nigerian human rights groups has mobilized 86 lawyers to defend the country’s most married man, currently detained for unlawful marriages and inciting contempt of Islamic religious laws, an activist said Wednesday. “The coalition of 27 human rights … read more
Fighting between militant groups and the Nigerian military in the oil-rich Niger Delta on Wednesday entered a fifth day in the region�s worst violence in two years, raising fears of an escalation in the unrest that has plagued the area. … read more
Nigerian militants said on Thursday they attacked another oil pipeline in the Niger Delta, hours after the newly appointed chief of defence staff sought to rally troops in the region. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), … read more
Nigerian most prominent rebel group said it has released two South African citizens kidnapped last week in the restive Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In an email to media organizations, the group said: �The Movement for the Emancipation of the … read more
Two South African hostages seized last week by pirates along with 25 other people aboard a vessel in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing region were freed on Tuesday, the military said. Government army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Sagir Musa said the pair was released … read more
The most prominent armed group in southern Nigeria said early Wednesday it has destroyed the Orubiri flow station operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Rivers state. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it … read more
Facts have emerged that the erstwhile Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may have been involved in a white heroin trafficking network which operated in Chicago and some parts of Indiana and led by one Adegboyega Mueez Akande between … read more
Early yesterday, editors thought they had got the story of the year when a �newsflash� was sent to their e-mail addresses from �Newsagency Nigeria�, thro-ugh newsagency nig@yahoo.com, announcing that �President Umaru Musa Yar�Adua may resign after carbinate (cabinet) reshuffle, on … read more