Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...ding human rights and urging him to quit after 32 years in power in Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria. According to media reports, 15 armed men in plain clothes and wearing masks on Tuesday night raided ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...t of the ministry. Alison-Madueke signed a 20-year oil license in February with U.S. oil giant Exxon on one of Nigeria's largest oil assets, which produces over 500,000 barrels per day, but the terms were kept private. T...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...oup", is also backing the campaign. Polio is still entrenched in eight states in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria. Vaccination campaigns were suspended across the north in 2003/04 after some state governors and reli...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...ammes difficult.Outbreaks in recent years in China, spread from Pakistan, and in West Africa, transmitted from Nigeria, highlight the continued threat of resurgence."The polio map looks better than it ever has before, (b...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ps owned by Eritrean migrants and beat up Africans walking through the streets. TJ, a 29-year-old migrant from Nigeria, watched the violent chaos from his rooftop having been chased and pelted with rocks when he attempte...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...llion) that Abacha salted away in three different accounts despite a final court ruling to return the money to Nigeria in March that followed a 12-year struggle. "They don't really know how to enforce (the ruling) and th...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...s; I did briefly wonder why a primary school in Nigeria is bedecked with murals proclaiming 'Primary School in Nigeria', but in general the immersion is well-worked-out. Once the twelve-mission campaign ends, though, Ubi...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Reuters
...s foreign direct investment, according to trade and investment ministry figures. It is also a growing buyer of Nigeria's high quality crude oil. Chinese imports make up such a large portion of trade flows that the centra...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Reuters
..., churches and outdoor drinking areas. "Boko Haram is not operating in America and America is not operating in Nigeria," said Mohammed. "They are not involved in our internal security operations, so I don't think it woul...
Published on May,22 2012 - by ABC News Radio
...Act: Africa Camp Mulla (Kenya) Ice Prince (Nigeria) Lira (South Africa) Mokobe (Mali) Sarkodie (Ghana) Wizkid (Nigeria) Best International Act: U.K. Estelle Labrinth Emeli Sandé Sway Wretch 32 Copyright 2012 ABC News Ra...