Category: Africa

If it seemed too good to be true when Shell Oil proclaimed this week that it was putting an end to its offshore drilling operations in Nigeria, that's because it...

AFTER weeks of low-key backroom jostling and shenanigans, the Nigerian political system has thrown up Alhaji Namadi Muhammed Sambo, who was until his appointment, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State,...

The concept of ogbanje or abiku is one that is fast dying out. The Igbo word ogbanje and abiku, its Yoruba equivalent, literally mean repeater. They describe, not just reincarnation...

Lagos, Nigeria - President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will contest the 2011 presidency, according to the Presidential Assistant on Assembly Matters, Mr. Cairo Ojougboh. The development puts paid to speculations that...

Nigeria's new president says he will make sweeping electoral reforms before next year's nationwide vote. He has laid out an aggressive agenda to complete the term of former President Umaru...

Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has died after a long illness, according to his office in Abuja. Segun Adeniyi, chief press secretary to Yar’Adua, confirmed that the President died about...

A month after the federal government first indicated that it might discontinue the trial of Nuhu Ribadu, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Attorney...

ABUJA – A former Nigerian government minister accused of misappropriating millions of euros will face corruption charges in court Thursday, days after returning from self-imposed exile, his lawyer said. Nasir...