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ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)--Up to 10,000 militants in the Niger Delta could benefit from an amnesty offered by the Nigerian government aimed at ending attacks which have crippled the country's oil industry, a top official overseeing the amnesty said Friday.
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigerian officials say as many as 10,000 fighters who have sabotaged oil production in the restive Niger Delta could take advantage of an amnesty deal offered last month.
Tulane sprinter Olivia Kizzee will compete in the Abuja Grand Prix this weekend in Abuja, Nigeria. Kizzee, eligible by virtue of her parents' citizenship, is making her debut at the national level for Nigeria in hopes of advancing to the...
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigerian militants called a halt Wednesday to their campaign of attacking oil installations and kidnapping foreigners, then said military gunboats and troops were heading toward a rebel camp in a move that could upend the deal.
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Okah , the Nigerian militant leader released from jail this week, said he isn’t sure he can stop the insurgency in Nigeria’s oil-producing region.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)--Nigeria's oil minister pledged Thursday that a bill to reform the oil sector will strip the sector of secrecy and make it transparent.
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigeria's main militant group said Monday it had attacked an oil depot and loading tankers in the country's populous economic center of Lagos.
A bill which seeks to reform Nigeria's oil sector will strip its operations of secrecy and make them transparent, Nigerian oil minister Rilwanu Lukman said Thursday.
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigeria's main militant group is threatening to end a cease-fire just 12 hours after halting attacks on oil installations, as it claims military gun boats and troops are heading toward one of their camps in the oil-rich south.
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigeria's main militant group called a 60-day cease-fire Wednesday, halting its campaign of vandalizing oil installations and kidnapping foreigners after the government released an ailing rebel leader.
July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s release of rebel leader Henry Okah and his movement’s announcement of a 60-day cease-fire may not be enough to end the insurgency that has cut crude supply from Africa’s top oil exporter by a fifth.
Up to10,000 militants in the troubled Niger Delta could benefit from an amnesty offered by the Nigerian government aimed at ending attacks which have crippled the country's oil industry, a top official overseeing the amnesty said Friday.
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Nigerian cocoa farmers started harvesting this season’s main crop in some parts of the country, more than two months earlier than usual, the Cocoa Association of Nigeria said.
July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Okah, the Nigerian militant leader released from jail, said he isn’t sure he’ll be able to stop the insurgency in Nigeria’s oil producing region.
July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s main rebel group said it attacked a jetty used to off-load oil tankers in the commercial capital, Lagos, setting a depot and vessels on fire.
(AP:ABUJA, Nigeria) Nigeria's main militant group claimed Wednesday that military gun boats and troops were heading toward one of their camps in the oil-rich south, threatening a rebel cease-fire just 12 hours after it was called.
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