Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Oil Pipeline Bribery Case

Nigeria to Seek Arrest Warrant for Dick CheneyThe Nigerian government is charging former US Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million bribery case. The Dick Cheney bribery charge involves Halliburton, Saipem and Technip, who conspired to corner a $6 billion contract to...

Gambia cut ties with Iran and order diplomats to leave

"The Gambia has said it is cutting all ties with Iran and ordered all Iranian government representatives to leave within 48 hours. The two countries, both of which have faced criticism over their human rights records, have had fairly close ties. Officials from...

Nigerian officials find heroin in shipment from Iran

" Nigerian officials say they have seized heroin worth nearly $10m (£6.25m), concealed in engine parts shipped from Iran. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said agents made the seizure at Apapa seaport in Lagos. The haul comes just days after Nigeria reported...

Arms shipment enroute to Gambia from Iran Seized in Nigeria

" Iran has allowed Nigeria to interview an Iranian citizen inside its embassy, in connection with a shipment of arms seized in Lagos. Iran was accused of being behind the arms and there were suggestions Nigeria was being used as a smuggling route. It was initially feared that...

Kami HIV Positive Muppet On Sesame Street In Nigeria

Sesame Street Nigeria Launching Soon: Features HIV Positive Muppet, Kami - A Five  year old girl Elmo, and Big Bird will be making some new friends when Sesame Street Nigeria launches in October. The Nigerian...

The Obama Administration Mishandled the Flight 253 Incident

Some critics may say that hindsight is always perfect and any forethought is impossibly unpredictable without knowing all the facts.  For starter, the security of a nation and her people should be a concern for...

Indian Films - Winds of Change?

Onir Anirban and Sanjay Suri started addressing social issues in the film 'My Brother Nikhil' which was received well by audiences all over India and especially in the European nations. It also was a film...

Post from Lagos

Lagos has a lot on its platter that cannot be quite described in a single post so here goes my first…   For a newcomer, the first greeting of Lagos is the roads and the driving. It makes you dizzy. For...

Nigeria riot victims swamp hospitals

Medics in the Nigerian city of Jos are struggling to cope with the victims of violence that flared late last week over claims of vote-rigging in council elections. "Bodies awaiting burial were piled up at wards in Jos, witnesses said, as troops enforced a curfew amid an...

Heady excitement damped by doubt

Benin's intro:  This is an excerpt from absolutely amazing  special report that the Financial Times has done on the current state of the Nigerian economy.  The report was very fairly balanced and...

Nigerian Oilfield Closed After Attack

An attack by gunmen in the Niger Delta has shut down production at Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga oil platform."The raid took place overnight on the Bonga oil platform about 120km (75 miles) off the coast of the Niger Delta, the company said. It is the first attack on the...

NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development Sector in Nigeria

NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development by IPHF Nigeria on Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:58 am Abuja, Nigeria 10th June 2008 NMA is positioned to work with partners in the Development Sector in...

Oil pipeline explosion in Lagos, Nigeria

UPDATE:  4:52 p.m.  EDT  "Like hell raining down on us!" say locals fleeing pipeline blast.Reuters report further details:""It was like hell was raining down on us, then everybody started running in...

Nigerian Militants Invite Clooney to Visit

A day after being named a UN 'messenger of peace', George Clooney may have his first assignment: a visit to Nigeria to help prevent the troubled nation from "plunging into the abyss of war"."Militants in Nigeria's...

Rally Lisbon Dakar edition 2008 cancels

After 12hours waiting, all the participants leave CCB in Lisbon for there countries. The ASO organization cancels the edition 2008 of Rally Lisbon Dakar for security reasons the current political tension and the...

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