Niger, Oct 3 : Fallen Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi''s son al-Saadi has branded Interpol''s decision to put him on the most-wanted list as political.

In an email, al-Saadi called the Interpol notice a "clear political decision to recognize the de jure authority of the National Transitional Council taken without appropriate regard to the current absence of a functioning, effective and fair system of justice in Libya," Fox News reports.

It was a blissful moment for peace, patience and their parents after these twins gets separated by the doctors. The twins had come from Nigeria to get themselves separated.

The twins had been operated on June 7 at the Narayana Hrudayala Women and Child Institute and got separated. Before flying to their home in Benin; they were kept in rehab in Bangalore for three weeks.

The girls' father Emmanuel is delighted to see her both daughter separated. He was happy that her daughters would be able to live normal and healthy life like any other children.

Media reports have revealed that Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua died Wednesday after an extended illness. He was 58.

CNN has reported that the Nigerian information minister announced Yar'Adua's death Wednesday on state television.

Yar'Adua, who took office in 2007, is best known for giving amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta who continue their violent protest against oil production by foreign companies in the region.

They'll take legal action against a politician who married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl at Nigeria's national mosque, Nigerian women's groups have said.

The BBC reported on Wednesday that female members of the country's senate have promised to support a petition to reprimand Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima, 49.

The BBC also said that Sani married the girl at the mosque in Abuja several weeks ago.

It will investigate whether the marriage is legal, Nigeria's human rights commission has said.

Women's rights groups say Sani has broken the law, citing the Child Rights Act of 2003.

ABC News reported on Monday that a Nigerian man accused of attempting to bomb a jetliner in Detroit, is seen in an al-Qaida-produced video receiving weapons training.

ABC said that the video, produced by al-Qaida in Yemen, show Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in a training class shooting firearms at targets including the Star of David, the British flag and the letters "UN."

According to observers, Nigeria is being urged to investigate alleged "unnecessary and avoidable deaths" following a prison riot that left 10 inmates dead.

Nigerian news site This Day reported on Friday that some prisoners attempted to escape from the facility in Kaduna Monday when government security forces moved into the prison to put down a riot by inmates protesting harsh conditions.

This Day further said that prison staff members want the government to investigate the security forces' response they allege was "inappropriate and an abuse of laid down regulations."

One staff worker said prison officers could have contained the riot and the use of guns by security forces worsened an already tense situation.

According to Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, about 2.68 million barrels a day (mbpd) are expected to be produced by the African countries during
2010.

Nigeria, during December 2009, produced 1.984 million barrels per day, excluding the condensate, and was the highest amongst the African countries, where as Angola was the next.

Abuja, Jan 8 : Nigeria has given an ultimatum of one week to the US asking it to remove the country's name from the list of terrorism-sponsoring nations.

The US government has blacklisted few nations whose citizens are subject to rigorous screening before entering America in the wake of failed attempt of terror attack on Christmas.

Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was arrested for plotting a bomb blast in a flight from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Dec 25 as it prepared to land in Detroit.

Abuja, Dec 31 : Muslim leaders in Nigeria have denied allegations that the international terrorist network Al Qaeda is active in the country, media reports said Wednesday.

Islamic clerics interviewed by Abuja newspaper the Daily Trust said the 23-year-old Nigerian who attempted to blow up an Airbus flight from Amsterdam to Detroit Dec 25 was an isolated case.

"There is no connection between the accused and any religious group in Nigeria," Islamic scholar Abdulfattah Adeyemi was quoted as saying.

Washington, Dec. 29 : The Nigerian-origin bomber, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, has warned US investigators that “there are more just like me who will strike soon.”

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, had earlier claimed connection with Yemen-based al Qaeda, which had supplied him with “new type explosives” to bring the trans-Atlantic flight down, and kill
289 people on board.

Washington, Dec 27 - A 23-year-old Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day claims he obtained explosive chemicals and a syringe that were sewn into his underwear from a bomb expert in Yemen associated with Al Qaeda.

Federal authorities have not independently corroborated the Yemen connection claimed by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was burned in his failed attempt to bring down the airliner, the New York Times reported Saturday.

Washington/Abuja, Dec 27 - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Saturday ordered a full investigation of the circumstances surrounding an alleged terrorist attack on a US airplane by a Nigerian citizen, according to the Nigerian newspaper, ThisDay.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker, was charged Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines passenger plane carrying 278 passengers as it prepared to land in Detroit.

Nairobi/Abuja, Dec 5 : Nigerian fans are happy with their World Cup group, which pits them against Argentina, South Korea and Greece, but are worried their coach will be unable to take advantage of the relatively kind draw.

Nigeria struggled to qualify under local coach Shaibu Amodu, only getting there on the last day by virtue of Mozambique notching up an unlikely victory against group leaders Tunisia.

However, Argentina also qualified by the skin of their teeth under Diego Maradona and seem to hold no fears for the Nigerians.

Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria's main rebel group said it welcomed peace talks with President Umaru Yar'Adua to end a long-running conflict in the oil-producing Niger Delta.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has conducted a extensive campaign of sabotage, cutting the West African nation's oil production by more than 20 per cent since early 2006 and helping drive up oil prices globally.

However, the group has called a ceasefire and over the weekend a negotiation team met Yar'Adua.

Nairobi/Abuja  - Nigeria's main militant group has indefinitely suspended attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta to allow peace talks with the government.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has conducted a long-running campaign of sabotage, cutting the West African nation's oil production by more than 20 per cent since early 2006 and helping drive up oil prices globally.

Nairobi/Niamey  - Voting began Tuesday in Niger's parliamentary elections, which are taking place despite a boycott by opposition parties and international calls for the poll to be postponed.

Opposition parties are furious with President Mamadou Tandja, who earlier this year dissolved parliament then called a referendum that succeeded in extending his mandate for three years and allowed him to run for president again.

Nairobi/Abuja  - Nigeria's main militant group said Friday that it would resume attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, three months after calling a ceasefire.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has conducted a long-running campaign of sabotage, cutting the West African nation's oil production by more than 20 per cent since early 2006.

However, many of its commanders and rank-and-file men have taken advantage of a government amnesty to lay down their arms over the past few months.

Nairobi/Abuja  - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Tuesday called for a summit of heads of state of the West African ECOWAS trade group to find a solution for the political crises in Guinea and Niger.

The summit is to discuss recommendations by an international contact group, which met Monday in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the This Day newspaper reported, citing a Foreign Ministry spokesman.

The contact group includes representatives of the European Union, the United Nations and the African Union.

Nairobi/Abuja - Some 70 people were killed, many of them burned to death, in a multiple-vehicle inferno in Nigeria caused after a fuel tanker lorry crashed, the online edition of This Day newspaper reported Saturday.

The accident in Anambra State ultimately involved nine vehicles, including the fuel tanker, six commuter buses, and passenger car and a van, the report said.

The newspaper cited eyewitnesses as saying the fuel tanker first toppled over near a junction, spilling fuel onto the road. The fuel exploded when a car approached the secne and then the other vehicles also were engulfed in flames.

The report described a horriific scne of people being burned alive in their vehicles.

Nairobi/Abuja - Some 70 people were killed, many of them burned to death, in a multiple-vehicle inferno in Nigeria caused after a fuel tanker lorry crashed, the online edition of This Day newspaper reported Saturday.

The accident in Anambra State ultimately involved nine vehicles, including the fuel tanker, six commuter buses, and passenger car and a van, the report said.