Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said on Monday that it had halted crude exports from a key terminal in southern Nigeria because of a leak in a supply pipeline. Shell said its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC was working to repair a leak on one of its pipelines…
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Turkish Airlines allegedly shipped weapons to unknown groups in Nigeria, which has been ravaged by violence between the army and Boko Haram militants, a new incriminating phone call revealed on Tuesday. The leaked conversation is the latest blow to…
SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 18, 2014– Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that it is increasing its support to programs in…
Nigeria on Tuesday unveiled a new “soft power” plan to defeat Boko Haram, hoping to win hearts and minds in the restive northeast, as the military said it was tightening the net on the ground. National security adviser Sambo Dasuki said the government…
Report from Federal Ministry of Youth Development. Nigeria’s new Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC),…
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, March 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Brigadier General Marc Rudkiewicz was today appointed new Mission…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, March 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Medical licenses previously granted to the American medical staff of Clitoraid…
(Defence Ministry Report) – The move by a group of terrorists on a mission towards penetrating and attacking the Goniri…
Report from Federal Ministry of Youth Development. The Minister for Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna has disclosed that the…
Succor is underway for victims of the rainstorm that destroyed public utilities and private homes in some parts of Ekiti…
Suspected Islamist militants launched a brazen daytime attack in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday. Witnesses say gunmen armed with explosives stormed the Giwa military barracks, triggering a fierce gun battle with soldiers. The assailants…
The Director of Defence Information, Chris Olukolade has informed that the troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force of the…
(Ministry of Defence Report) – Pockets of terrorists apparently in a move to boost their depleted stock of fighters did…
(NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency has revealed that the Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) issued by the Nigerian…
A leading business organization based in the United States of America, Procter and Gamble has recently opened a multi-million dollar…
A national conference criticised for its cost and scope opens in Nigeria’s capital on Monday, with the country’s future existence looming large over the talks. Nearly 500 delegates from the hundreds of ethnic, religious and linguistic groups that make…
At least 100 people were killed in the religiously divided centre of Nigeria this weekend, local officials said on Sunday, as tensions between Muslim-dominated herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers again turned deadly. About 40 assailants armed with…
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Office of the First Lady The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan has described the Governor of Plateau State, …
As the nation prepares for the conduct of the 2015 general elections, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on…