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Written by Associated Press A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning farmland in Nigeria, as it had failed to take adequate measures to prevent sabotage. In its ruling Wednesday the Hague Civil Court rejected most of the case brought by Nigerian farmers and environmental … [Read more...] about Nigeria Farmers: Dutch court rejects most of Shell spill case

Written by Reuters Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan approved the removal on Tuesday of $1 billion from the country's oil savings to distribute to state governors for unspecified projects, one of the governors said after a meeting with him. The withdrawal leaves $8.242 billion in the Excess Crude Account (ECA), Nigeria's mechanism for oil savings, Rivers state … [Read more...] about Nigeria removes $1 bln from oil savings to give governors

"From presidential rivals to political allies, here's a look at President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's relationship over the years." - Vivyan Tran … [Read more...] about PhotoNews: President Obama and Hillary Clinton

Written by Olusegun Adeniyi - ThisDay Agu Imo has been a friend and elder brother for almost two decades now, so when he called about two weeks ago to say there is an old man he wanted me to meet, he knew I couldn’t say no to his request. When he mentioned the name, Rev. Moses Iloh, I was even more enthusiastic since the man remains one of the most respected … [Read more...] about Memories of Biafran Nightmares

Nigeria will be following the footstep of France and in less than 24 hours will commence the deployment of her military forces to Mali. Earlier, even before France throw in her hat in the Mali war theater  in order to defeat the Northern Islamist in that country, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has pre-arranged to deploy a contingency … [Read more...] about Nigeria To Send Troops to Mali in less than 24 hours.