Nigeria

Nigeria demands billions of dollars in arrears from oil companies

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,

Pipeline fire kills at least 100 in Nigeria

Pipeline fire kills at least 100 in NigeriaAbuja - A petroleum pro

Niger Delta militants hijack Chevron vessel

NigeriaAbuja  -  Niger Delta militants have seized a vessel belonging to United States oil giant, Chevro

Libya deports 163 Nigerians

NigeriaAbuja  - At least 163 Nigerians deported from Libya arrived in Lagos on a flight Wednesday.

Nigeria wants AU observers for Zimbabwe run-off elections

Abuja - The Nigerian government called Monday for a large deployment of African Union observers to monitor run-off elections in Zimbabwe.

75 years on, Germany remembers authors of books burned by Nazis

GermanyBerlin  - Germany began ceremonies Friday to recall how Nazi Germany heaped books on bonfires

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