Nigeria News

An Olympia, Wash., woman who pleaded guilty in a $1 million Nigerian check scam has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Obasanjo Appearing before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee, Anenih decried the spate of attacks on his person on the allegation that he expended N125 billion.

A GANG of armed robbers yesterday attacked a convoy of aides of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on the Benin-Warri highway, provoking a shootout.

The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Abba Sayyad has said in ilorin that the Federal Government's plan to flood the Nigeria's market with imported rice is a temporary measure to curtail the ...

Oil production has resumed at a Nigerian offshore installation six days after an attack by militants.

NIGERIA Labour Congress has warned against alleged moves by certain forces within and outside the corridors of power to muzzle the leadership of the House of Representatives from not only making public the ...

June 23, 2008-- Eric Idehen came to Iowa with his family, but never forgot the children of his homeland of Nigeria.

Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd., one of Nigeria's leading service providers, has entered into a three-year frame contract with Nortel [NYSE/TSX: NT] l to expand and upgrade its wireless network.

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers met in Abuja yesterday over the failure of the Federal Government to implement the Teachers Salary Scale and resolved to commence a nationwide strike on July 1, ...

NIGERIA requires $85 billion for it to attain sufficiency in power generation, transmission and distribution and make it one of the 20 leading economics in the world by 2020.

BUJA, Nigeria - A government-appointed mediator charged with leading a peace conference on Nigeria's oil region called today for a 90-day truce in the area.

Oil futures fluctuated Tuesday as traders awaited significant news that could help the market break out of a trading range that has lasted for more than two weeks.

Wall Street is coming off its roughest week in a month, with the Dow industrials posting triple-digit declines in three sessions to lose a total of 464 points.

NIGERIAN roads mostly lead to nowhere. A journey from Lagos to Onitsha that should be completed in hours has been known to last days, and taken travellers to parts they never knew existed, as they tried to ...

MR Cletus Obun, Chairman of Action Congress in Cross River State has said that the Niger Delta region needs concrete development and not talk shops.

Nigeria's main militant group declared a unilateral cease-fire Sunday, saying elders in the restive southern region had asked the fighters to allow peace efforts to go ahead.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in a statement that it would halt attacks starting at midnight Tuesday.

The group, which has been behind two years of crippling attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure, said it was heeding calls by elders in the Niger Delta. Regional traditional chiefs wield great influence in Nigeria.

Dr. Steve Mahonwu is the Chairman of Airline Operators of Nigeria . Mahonwu recently spoke with Kenneth Ehigiator and Gabriel Abatan on the state of the Aviation sector in the country, especially as it affects ...

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered a military offensive to curb the rising mayhem in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua on Friday in Abuja ordered an offensive on the militants in the Niger Delta, warning them to get ready to face the full consequences of taking up arms against the Federal ...

Chevron Corp. said Saturday that a breached Nigerian pipeline has prompted the company to shut down its onshore oil production.

Nigerian media reported that militants had sabotaged the pipeline in the southern Niger Delta late Thursday. But the region's most-potent armed group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, told The Associated Press it was not involved.

U.S.-based Chevron said in a statement Saturday that it shut off its onshore production after the pipeline breach to protect the environment, but gave no firm figures on how much production would be lost. Oil industry officials said the loss would be around 120,000 barrels per day.