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80 killed in 3 years in collapsed buildings in Lagos (4 July 09)
Last Sunday, more than 18 persons were feared dead, following the collapse of a building at the premises of the Nigerian Railway Corporation   More...

Nigeria, Algeria, Niger seal 10 bln dollar gas pipeline deal (4 July 09)
The project will convey gas destined for the European market more than 4,000 kilometres from the Niger Delta in Nigeria, via Niger and Algeria.  More...

Nigeria's state-run oil firm sets up new gas company (4 July 09)
NNPC said on Friday it will create a new gas company to regulate the disbursement of supplies to domestic and export markets.  More...

Okah trial goes on despite amnesty offer (4 July 09)
The trial of top oil militant Henry Okah for gun-running and treason continued on Friday  More...

Yar’Adua Reiterates Commitment To Peace In N/ Delta (3 July 09)
President's desire to ensure the return of peace to the Niger Delta, necessitated his consultations with governors and other stakeholders  More...

 


 

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featured articles

I am Hungry, please re-brand me

I am Nigeria. I have millions of acres of arable land and billions of cubic litres of water, but I cannot feed myself.... I drive the latest cars in the world but have no roads... My school has no teacher and my classroom has no roof. Click here for a thought provoking piece from writer Salisu Suleiman

shell - 14 years on...

Shell denies any wrongdoing. It says the payout was a “humanitarian gesture”; some of the money will go to a new trust fund for the Ogoni.

ON JUNE 8th Royal Dutch Shell agreed to pay out $15.5m to the Ogoni people

Life at TomPolo's Camp 5

TomPollo's military camp amazed me.

His major military outlet, Camp 5 was located several nautical miles from Warri, the economic hub of Delta State and over 150 miles from Bayelsa, the Ijaw's significantly homogenous homestead.

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incident and abduction database

Brand new layout updated: 26.06.09. Click here to view our 2009 database. Also available are the full archived details of 2006/07/08. We continue to monitor the who's where's why's and how many's of the ongoing trend of militant attacks and hostage taking in Nigeria.

pirates copy ideas for ransom riches

Reading down the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) 'Live Piracy Report', a catalogue of piracy reports from across the world, the same two names are cropping up with disturbing frequency -- Somalia and Nigeria.

Shell: corporate impunity goes on trial

Multinationals accused of human rights abuses can no longer feel safe now that the oil giant is facing allegations of complicity in the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa

lassa fever

After the recent outbreak in Abuja - we want you to know about Lassa fever. It is an acute viral illness that occurs in West Africa. The illness was discovered in 1969 when two missionary nurses died in Nigeria. The cause of the illness was found to be Lassa virus, named after the town where the first cases originated.

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