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Nigeria Drops ‘corruption Charges’ Against Former US Vice-president After Out of Court Settlement
Nigeria has dropped “corruption” charges against the former United States Vice-President, Dick Cheney, after Halliburton, the oil firm he used to run, agreed to pay $250 million in fines.
Nigerian Terror Suspect Denies Being Leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
The former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Henry Okah has denied still being the leader of the Movement, but told the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday that he was an “accepted” leader of the...
Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta Threatens Second Bomb Attack
The spokesman for the unrepentant militant group in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Mr. Jomo Gbomo, has threatened that the organization would bomb Abuja again to prove the innocence of those arrested in connection with...
Gunmen Free Kidnapped Foreign Workers in Abia State, South-eastern Nigeria
The Nigerian police have confirmed that four foreign workers abducted last week in Abia State in south-eastern Nigeria have been released by their abductors. According to a spokesperson of the Nigeria police in Port Harcourt in Rivers State on Monday,...
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Announces an Indefinite Ceasefire in the Niger Delta Region
One of the biggest militant groups in Nigeria’s volatile Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Niger Delta region. MEND said in an online statement to journalists signed...
Nigeria Seeks International Monetary Fund Endorsement of Its Petroleum Reform Bill
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr Rilwanu Lukman has said the ongoing reform of the Nigerian oil and gas sector, including the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), will reposition and strengthen the industry and he has called for International...
Nigerian Science, Technology Ministry to Collaborate with Economic Commission of Africa on Research
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology Dr Bako Zaku, has said the ministry is collaborating with the Economic Commission of Africa (ECA) to facilitate research activities. Zaku said in a statement released on Friday in Lagos that the effort was...
Equatorial Guinea Asks Foreign Envoys for More Information on Rebel Attack
Equatorial Guinea’s Foreign, International Cooperation and Francophonie minister, Pastor Micha Ondo Bile on Thursday met the ambassadors accredited to his country to ask them to provide the national authorities with information they may have on the...
