Nigerian police routinely torture suspects, shooting them in the legs, beating them and hanging them from the ceiling for long periods, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture said on Friday. Manfred Nowak said he had also seen cases of medical … read more
The presidential candidate for Nigeria’s ruling party will return to campaigning on Saturday after unexpectedly leaving for four days of rest and medical checks in Germany, his spokesman said on Friday. Umaru Yar’Adua’s surprise departure prompted speculation that he might … read more
Royal Dutch Shell said on Friday that it has successfully contained a major oil spill in a production facility in southern Nigeria but yet to regain output loss of 187,000 barrels per day. “We have this week contained the spill … read more
Violence and militancy in Nigeria, particularly in the oil-rich Niger Delta, continues to hamper petroleum production and threatens to disrupt upcoming presidential elections, analysts and experts say. In just the past few days, at least 10 people were killed in … read more
For the second time since 1999, the rumoured death of a PDP�s presidential candidate gripped the nation causing serious concern. First, it was President Obasanjo, then as president elect, after his victory on February 27th 1999 was rumoured to have … read more
(Reuters) – A Lebanese man who was abducted on Feb. 28 in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta was freed three days later, police said on Thursday without giving any details on the terms of his release. A friend of the … read more
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential running mate and Bayelsa Governor, Goodluck Jonathan, has suggested urgent industrialisation as a means of stemming the tide of hostage- taking in Niger Delta. Jonathan said this yesterday in Abeokuta, during electioneering campaign before the … read more
Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), yesterday accused some officers of the Nigeria Police of complicity in pipeline vandalisation in the Eastern part of the country. Addressing newsmen in Enugu, yesterday, Port Harcopurt Zonal … read more
THE Atiku Campaign Organisation has alleged that the Federal Government has been intimidating commercial airlines to deny Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Action Congress (AC) the use of their aircraft for campaign-related trips. According to a press statement by … read more
THE United States government has expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing political party process in Nigeria, particularly the seeming zero-tolerance of the federal executive to opposition groups. The President George W. Bush administration is also worried by the procedure through which … read more