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NIGERIA'S SENATE PASSES 2018-2020 BUDGET FRAMEWORK, RAISES OIL PRICE ESTIMATE
Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday in the capital, Abuja passed the government's medium-term expenditure framework for 2018-2020, raising its oil price assumption to 47 from 45 per barrel... READ MORE›
IS CRUDE OIL KILLING CHILDREN IN NIGERIA?
When crude oil spills on land, it seeps into the soil, the air and the water table... READ MORE›
THE NIGERIAN WHO COMPOSED HYMNS FROM A LEPER COLONY
Ikoli Harcourt Whyte had lessons to teach Nigeria, Mr Achinivu said... READ MORE›
FOUR BRITISH MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA
Britons snatched by unidentified gunman in Nigeria's southern Delta state on 13 October, say police... READ MORE›
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HIGH COURT BLOCKS NIGERIA OIL SPILL CASE AGAINST SHELL
You can never, never defeat Shell in a Nigerian court... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50
There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S TANKING CURRENCY HAS LEFT ITS AIRLINE INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE
Soaring jet fuel costs have also led United Airlines and Spain's national carrier, Iberia, to shutter their Nigeria routes... READ MORE›
NIGER DELTA VILLAGERS LOSE UK COURT BID TO SUE SHELL OVER POLLUTION
A British court has blocked Nigerian villagers' attempt to sue oil giant Shell for allegedly polluting their fishing waters and farmland... READ MORE›
NIGERIA POLL POSTPONED OVER BATTLE WITH BOKO HARAM
The country's electoral commission said on Saturday night that the election, which had been scheduled for 14 February, will now be held on 28 March... READ MORE›
TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI
Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE›
NIGERIA TO SPEND $10BN TO END CONFLICT IN OIL-RICH NIGER DELTA
Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan came from the Niger Delta, and managed to broker a peace deal with militants in the region... READ MORE›
BRITISH GOLD MINING FIRM AGREES SETTLEMENT OVER DEATHS OF TANZANIAN VILLAGERS
Acacia Mining's formerly African Barrick Gold North Mara mine in Tanzania where villagers were killed and injured at an incident involving police and security guards in 2008... READ MORE›
DIEPREYE ALAMIEYESEIGHA NIGERIAN EX-GOVERNOR DIES AT 62
He was also charged with money laundering by the United States... READ MORE›
NIGERIA FINDS A NATIONAL CRISIS IN EVERY DIRECTION IT TURNS
But the Avengers seem bent on crippling Nigeria's economy while it is particularly fragile, striking at the core of Mr. Buhari's plans for the nation... READ MORE›
AFRICA'S RICHEST WOMAN UNDER PRESSURE TO STEP DOWN FROM ANGOLAN ENERGY FIRM
Award-winning reporter and campaigner Rafael Marques has asked Angola's attorney general to revoke appointment of Isabel dos Santos as head of Sonangol... READ MORE›
OGONI WIDOWS SUE SHELL OVER MILITARY CRACKDOWN
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited appealed to the Nigerian government to grant clemency... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN MILITANTS HIJACK MERCHANT SHIP AND DEMAND ACTIVIST'S RELEASE
Nigeria's Igbo people prosecuted a civil war to create a separate state of Biafra in the south-east that killed a million people in the 1960s... READ MORE›
FALLING OIL PRICES SPARK A RISE IN KIDNAPPINGS BY WEST AFRICAN PIRATES
Since the beginning of this year the number of people kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea already equals the total for all of 2015... READ MORE›
ARMED GROUP BLOWS UP MAJOR PIPELINE IN NIGERIA
Niger Delta Avengers claims attack on Nembe pipeline in restive Delta region forcing drop in production, officials say... READ MORE›
A IGONI BARRETT ON THE WRITING LIFE IN NIGERIA
All my life I had read alone no one had exchanged books with me or recommended writers to me... READ MORE›
NIGERIA STRUGGLES TO BOOST OIL OUTPUT; THAT'S GOOD FOR OPEC
A recent visit by the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to delta is a start however, attacks will likely continue until we strike the right tone... READ MORE›
NIGERIA ELECTION: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE MUHAMMADU BUHARI WINS PRESIDENTIAL POLL AS GOODLUCK JONATHAN PAYS PRICE FOR FAILURE TO TACKLE BOKO HARAM THREAT
However, in a sign that there could be a peaceful transfer of power, Mr Jonathan called Mr Buhari to congratulate him on his win... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S BUHARI SAYS GOVERNMENT TALKING TO NIGER DELTA MILITANTS
Nigeria's Buhari says government talking to Niger Delta militants statement... READ MORE›
JONATHAN'S GOOD LUCK STREAK ENDS; NIGERIA EX-COUP LEADER BUHARI WINS HISTORIC POLL
Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT LONDON DOCTOR REGARDING EAR INFECTION
The statement also said the president would travel to London on Monday to rest ... READ MORE›
NIGERIA INCREASES BUDGET FOR NIGER DELTA AMNESTY BY ALMOST THREE-FOLD
Nigeria's government has almost tripled the budget for an amnesty programme for militants in its oil producing Niger Delta region... READ MORE›
MILITANTS BOMB CHEVRON OIL PLATFORM OFF NIGERIA COAST
Nigerian Navy spokesman Commodore Chris Ezekobe said Friday that the attack occurred Wednesday near Escravos terminal in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta... READ MORE›
NIGERIA ALMOST TRIPLES BUDGET FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS AMNESTY
Among these, the Niger Delta Avengers NDA group has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks in 2016... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN PRESIDENT SAYS BOKO HARAM LEADER HAS BEEN WOUNDED
Muhammadu Buhari repeats claim by Nigerian military that Abubakar Shekau was injured in airstrike... READ MORE›
CHINA'S SLOWDOWN BLIGHTS AFRICAN ECONOMIES
A booming entertainment industry helped Nigeria overtake South Africa as the continent's biggest economy in 2014... READ MORE›
'20 DEAD, SCORES MISSING' AFTER PRO-TRUMP DEMO IN NIGERIA
Nnamdi Omoni, a spokesman for Rivers state police, denied that anyone was killed but said 65 people had been arrested... READ MORE›
NIGERIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT AND A FRAGILE PEACE IN THE DELTA
Out of all his stops during Buhari's 49-day absence, Osinbajo's trips to the Niger delta... READ MORE›
NIGERIAN ECONOMY GLIMPSES DIM LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL
In January, the International Monetary Fund IMF said it expected Nigerian growth to hit 0.8 percent for 2017 and 2.8 percent in 2018... READ MORE›