Oil giant Total sells Nigerian oil field stake for $569 mn

Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015, 14:17

Total`s sale of its share in the onshore Oil Mining Lease 29 to Aiteo Eastern E&P comes after the French group made two similar divestments in Nigeria. The three transactions reached a sum of $1 billion.

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.

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.

15 dead, hundreds flee Nigeria homes after attacks

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 02:16

Villagers and police say that more than 15 people have died in attacks by militants in northeast Nigerian villages and hundreds have fled their homes for safety.

Nigerian senator says military bombs his convoy

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 05:18

A Nigerian senator says a military aircraft fired four bombs at his cavalcade as he drove to the scene of an attack by suspected Islamic extremists in the country`s northeast. No one was hurt.

38 terrorists killed in Nigeria, says military

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 07:53

Nigeria`s troops in northeast state of Borno said Thursday that 38 Boko Haram suspects were killed after it successfully repelled an attack on Damboa community in by suspected Boko Haram fighters.

30 killed in sectarian attack in Nigerian village

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 20:56

Survivors and a legislator say 30 villagers were killed, in an attack on a mainly Christian village in ongoing ethnic and religious strife in central Nigeria.

Magisterial probe into Nigerian footballer`s death

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 19:04

The Tripura government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the mysterious death of 17-year-old Nigerian footballer Auro Azendu Joel, who was found dead in a juvenile home here last week, officials said here Saturday.

63 Boko Haram militants killed: Nigerian military

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 05:34

At least 63 Boko Haram fighters were killed during Nigerian army`s raids following a recent pre-dawn attack on military barracks in Bama town by the militant sect in the northern state of Borno, a military spokesperson said Monday.

Extremists kill 12 in Nigerian Christian villages

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 19:04

Witnesses say suspected Islamic militants killed 12 civilians in weekend attacks on two Christian villages in Muslim-dominated northeast Nigeria.

Naomi Campbell spending time with Nigerian billionaire?

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 08:33

Naomi Campell is reportedly spending time with Nigerian oil mogul Kola Aluko.

No headway into death of Nigerian soccer player

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 16:37

The police has made no headway into the case of a 17-year old Nigerian footballer Auro Azendu Joel, who was found dead in a juvenile home in Tripura three days ago, till now.