NIGERIA: Tensions rise with start of trial of Delta leader
In a demonstration ofsupport for prominent Niger Delta militant Henry Okah, who the government putin trial in early April, militant leaders have said...
NIGERIA: After River State’s flawed elections, violence expected
Violence was relatively low in the run-up to local elections on 29 March in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers State but with evidence emerging of massive...
Treason Charge for Nigerian Rebel
A leader of a Niger Delta oil militant group unseen in public since his arrest has failed to appear before a Nigerian court as expected. At a court...
NIGERIA: Laptops-in-schools debate turns messy
A scheme to give one million low-cost laptops to Nigerian schoolchildren has stalled because some policymakers say the money would be better spent on...
NIGERIA: Stepping up the fight against child-trafficking
In a welcome centre in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, a small finger traces the words of an English text book; a young voice struggles to pronounce the...
NIGERIA: Gas flaring wrecking Delta communities
Civil society groups in the Niger Delta region have warned that the government is destroying communities’ health and Nigeria’s environment by...
NIGERIA: Abuja's splendid centre surrounded by urban blight
Patience Israel, a 20-year-old hairdresser, lived in a decent home in Karimo, a squatter settlement near Nigeria's political capital, until it was...
NIGERIA: Driving to death
One of the most dangerous things anyone can do in Nigeria is get into a car. “Remember that every road user is mad,” reads a hand out from the...
Missing Gambian Journalist’s Case Resumes Today
The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, will today, September 26, 2007 resume hearing of the...