Yar’Adua Forced Me Into Exile - Ribadu

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Nuhu Ribadu, at the weekend said President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was after his life and actually forced him into exile.

Imo: The Permutations, Scheming And Calculations

As Governor Ikedi Ohakim hovers between whether or not to go back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead 2011 general elections, salient political meetings and permutations are playing out an atmosphere of suspense and anxiety continues  to pervade Imo State.

Nigerian Militants Claim Attack on 3 Shell Oil Facilities

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, says it attacked two pipelines in the districts of Adamakiri and Kula in Nigeria's Rivers state early Sunday

Nigeria: Military-Sanctioned Killings Caught on Video

Some say this is a troubling video. Nigerian soldiers executing two brothers suspected of being militants in the Niger Delta. It is sparking outrage, but the government feels it's sending an equally strong message. Is this the kind of military operation occurring in the delta justified?

Nigeria's State-Owned Oil Company at Center of Parliament Probe

Special parliament committee investigating alleged misappropriation of billions of dollars in state revenue from oil, gas sector since 1999, when Nigeria returned to civilian rule.

NIGERIA: Oil pumping station set alight, militants claim

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the main rebel group in southern Nigeria, has claimed it has set fire to a pumping station of US oil giant Chevron. The group had warned of new attacks last weekend.

Shell Pays Millions to Settle Activists' Deaths in Nigeria

Royal Dutch Shell, in order to settle several lawsuits brought in a U.S. court, agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to the families of Nigerian protesters executed by the military regime in the 1990s.

Lamido Sanusi as Central Bank Governor

The Nigerian president may announce this week Lamido Sanusi as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).