Nairobi/Abuja - A militant group claimed Monday it had sabotaged a Shell pipeline in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta and killed 11 soldiers in the ensuing gun battle.
Abuja - At least 43 soldiers died when a vehicle from their convoy slammed into a petrol tanker in north-east Nigeria, army spokesman Brigadier-General Emeka Onwumaegbu said Thursday.
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has asked the nation's state-run oil company to demand around two billion dollars in arrears from oil companies Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil,