Godrej Consumer hikes stake in Darling Group to 90%

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 21:48

Continuing with its focus on Africa, FMCG firm Godrej Consumer Products Ltd today hiked its stake in hair extension brand Darling South Africa and Mozambique businesses to 90 percent.

Shell compensates Nigerians over 'devastating' oil spills

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 20:07

Royal Dutch Shell is to pay more than $80 million to a Nigerian fishing community "devastated" by two serious oil spills in 2008, it was announced Wednesday, while the clean-up could take years.

Shell strikes Nigerian oil spills compensation deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 07:09

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a multi-million-dollar settlement to compensate 15,600 Nigerian fishermen over two serious oil spills in 2008 after a three-year legal battle, both parties announced Wednesday.

11 killed in Nigeria church attack

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 16:44

At least 11 people were killed in an armed attack on a church in Nigeria`s Adamawa sate, an official said Sunday.

Religious violence in Nigeria kills eight, say locals

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 03:48

A Christian family of seven was killed in northern Nigeria, prompting a revenge attack on Muslims in which one person died, locals told a news agency.

Nigeria frees three Indians kidnapped off Equatorial Guinea

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 03:28

Nigeria`s secret police has said they had rescued three Indians who were kidnapped from a cargo ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.

Nigeria market attack displaced 2,000: Relief agency

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 03:39

More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram militants that killed at least 52, a relief agency said.

Nigerian gunmen attack toll reaches 85

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 07:22

The number of people killed in the Sunday`s gunmen attack in Nigerian state of Borno reached 85, after more bodies were found, an official said.

Attacks by extremists kill about 75 Nigerians

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 03:24

Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village in one state and a church in another in Nigeria`s northeast, killing about 75 people and razing hundreds of homes, officials and witnesses said.

Gunmen kill 22 in Nigeria church attack: Witnesses

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:03

Assailants armed with guns and explosives killed 22 people in at a busy church service in a northeast Nigerian village, witnesses said on Monday, in a region where Islamist sect Boko Haram is resisting a military crackdown.

Angola says Greek oil tanker `faked` hijacking

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:44

A Greek oil tanker that disappeared off the coast of Angola last week faked its hijacking and has been located in Nigerian waters, the Angolan navy said Sunday.

Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 17:28

Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.