Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian officer before escaping with the contents of the ship's ...
Nigeria's 2010 budget will be based on an oil price of 57 dollars per barrel, a senior advisor to President Umaru Yar'Adua told ...
West African regional bloc ECOWAS Friday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said. President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission Mohammed Ibn Chambas said ...
World Cup qualifiers Ghana and Ivory Coast will clash in the first round of the African Nations Cup after the draw here Friday placed them in Group B with Burkina Faso and Togo. Defending champions Egypt, seeking a record third consecutive title ...
African superstars Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Michael Essien will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. A draw ceremony in the capital of the oil-rich south-west Africa state divides the 16 qualifiers into four groups ...
SHONGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm. His dairy farm ...
The absence of strife in the oil-rich Niger Delta has led to an increase in Nigeria's electricity supply because gas supplies to power plants have increased, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. "Power supply is now 3,330 megawatts and we hope to increase ...
Plastic bowls in hand, often chanting religious texts, growing numbers of child beggars are roaming Nigeria's second city Kano in a trend that is worrying authorities and residents. The number of child beggars in Kano state has nearly doubled in five years ...
Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's second largest economy, will not sign free trade deals with the European Union until it is sure it can comfortably compete, a minister said on Wednesday. "Nigeria has not signed the EPA," Commerce and Industry Minister Achike Udenwa told ...
Nigeria's annual inflation rate rose to 11.6 percent in October 2009 from 10.4 percent the previous month, driven by rising food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. "Average monthly food prices rose by 0.4 percent in October 2009 when ...
Nigeria's annual inflation rate rose to 11.6 percent in October 2009 from 10.4 percent the previous month, driven by rising food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. "Average monthly food prices rose by 0.4 percent in October 2009 when ...
Some countries have already been successful in the fight against hunger which affects more than one billion people worldwide, the UN food agency said Tuesday. But despite the progress, analysts said countries trying to combat the scourge still faced numerous hurdles and ...
