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Nigeria’s Delta blues

When Gordon Brown met Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua in London this week, improving the security of energy supplies from the Niger Delta was high on the agenda. Sabotage and oil theft have cut production in the world’s eighth-largest oil exporter … read more

No Plans to Close Third Mainland Bridge

Repair works on some loose joints on the highly strategic Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, will commence on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at noon, and not today as reported. But the all-important link bridge between Lagos Mainland and the Island, the … read more

Generator fumes kill 17 at prayer meeting

(Reuters) – At least 17 people died at a prayer meeting in rural Nigeria after apparently breathing noxious fumes from their power generator while asleep, police and witnesses said on Wednesday. The deaths highlight the worsening power crisis in Africa’s … read more

Gunmen attack naval houseboat

A band of suspected militants attacked a naval houseboat stationed in Nigeria’s restive, oil-rich south Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left five people dead, military officials said. About 30 gunmen attacked a boat housing naval personnel assigned to protect strategic … read more

UK “ready to help” Nigeria

Plans to deal with oil smuggling and corruption in the Niger Delta region have been outlined by Gordon Brown in a press conference with the President of Nigeria. The UK has offered to assist in providing “robust accounting systems” and … read more

Military: Bakassi Treaty Dangerous for Nigeria

A startling revelation emerged yesterday about the Green Tree Agreement (GTA), the treaty ceding the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, as military authorities spoke about the security implications of the agreement. The Senate Joint Ad Hoc Committee on the International … read more