Brazilian Missionaries Arrive in Nigeria to Help Stop Child Witchcraft Stigma

A team of missionaries from Brazil have arrived in Eket, Akwa Ibom State in south Nigeria to press for the enforcement of the rights of children stigmatized because of the child witchcraft syndrome. The group, Way to the Nations, criticized the practice...

Nigerian Community Demands $500m Compensation From Mobil

The oil rich Ibeno community in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, has given Mobil a two-week ultimatum to pay $500 million compensation for damages caused by oil spills between February 2008 and December 2009 Mobil, an affiliate of the United States oil firm...

Mobil Begins Clean Up of Oil Spill in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Area

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has started the clean up of the Atlantic shoreline after the December 4 crude oil leak from the Qua Iboe Oil fields which it operates in the Niger Delta. The oil firm had reported a leak on the pipeline on December 4, which...

Nigerian Government Pledges Commitment to Air Safety

Nigeria’s minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, told journalists on Wednesday that the Nigeria government is committed to air safety in the country. Omooba said the contract approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the Total Radar Coverage...