As Nigerian president remains in Saudi hospital, questions arise about nation’s own health
Nigeria’s future, president’s power in question 70 killed in Nigeria accidentLAGOS - At least 70 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded and caught fire enveloping eight other vehicles in southeast Nigeria, a media report said Saturday. Champagne and slums: In West Africa’s oil giant, the rich-poor gap is a chasmLAGOS, Nigeria — The waiter at Caliente bar sticks a sparkler into yet another bottle of champagne and hits a siren mounted behind the bar to draw everyone’s attention to the sleek Nigerian businessmen who ordered it. Nigeria banks to get $2.5B rescue in first for the continent; bank chief fires 5 top execsLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria will inject US$2.55 billion into five troubled banks, the country’s banking chief announced Friday, in Africa’s first major bank rescue program since the global credit crunch began. Clinton in Africa, urging African oil producers to rule wisely and spread the oil wealthLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria and Angola are Africa’s top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching derricks. 600 killed in Nigeria violenceLAGOS - At least 600 people were killed in clashes this week between the security forces and Islamist militants in Nigeria, the police said. Analysis: Nigeria oil truce won’t end conflict; government must resolve decades-old grievancesJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A truce called by Nigeria’s leading militant group may provide a brief respite in a conflict crippling Africa’s biggest oil producer but is unlikely to end the fight unless the government addresses decades-old grievances such as pollution, underdevelopment, corruption and lack of freedom. 8 killed in collapsed building in NigeriaLAGOS, Nigeria — A fire department official says at least eight people have been killed in the collapse of a three-story building in the Nigerian capital. Nigerian militants: British hostage to be freed after nearly 9 months in captivityLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s main militant group says it hopes to release within hours a British hostage seized nearly nine months ago in the country’s restive southern oil region. Nigerian rebels hijack oil ship, hold 15 sailors hostage; attack 2 military basesLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian militants hijacked an oil industry ship and were holding 15 Filipino sailors hostage Thursday as the gunmen demanded that all oil workers leave the southern Niger Delta within days. Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria still believed heldLAGOS, Nigeria — Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said Wednesday. Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria releasedLAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed. Voting for president begins in Ghana’s key districtLAGOS - Voting began Friday in a remote farming region of Ghana in an election that will decide who will be the next president of the West African country despite attempts by the ruling party to stop the election from taking place, according to new reaching here from Accra. |
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