Awwal 05, 1432, April 09, 2011, SPA -- Up to 20 people were feared dead after an explosion rocked a central Nigerian election office late Friday just hours before voting in parliamentary elections was set to begin.
The explosion in Suleja, 20 (...)
Nigerian opposition candidate Peter Obi has
been re-elected in a gubernatorial election seen as a test of whether
Africa's most-populous nation is making progress in electoral reform.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday (...)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday encouraged Nigeria to tackle corruption and improve
governance on the fifth leg of her Africa tour, according to dpa.
"We strongly support and encourage the government of (...)
A 60-day amnesty for militant groups in
Nigeria's restive Niger Delta came into effect on Thursday - a move
the government hopes will end attacks on oil facilities, according to dpa.
Nigeria's main militant group the Movement for the Emancipation (...)
Nigeria's military said they had restored
order in the northern town of Maiduguri Thursday after destroying a
mosque and compound where Islamist militants were hiding out, according to dpa.
Bloody battles have raged across the north of Nigeria (...)
Nigeria, Niger and Algeria today signed
an agreement to build a pipeline that will bring Nigerian gas across
the Sahara desert to the European markets, according to dpa.
Europe is keen to diversify its supply and reduce its reliance on
Russian (...)
Nigerian oil militants Sunday said they had released 19 Nigerian oil workers kidnapped two weeks ago but said they would hold on to a Briton and two Ukrainians taken at the same
time, according to dpa.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the (...)