By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 April 2008 Nigeria, Africa's biggest importer of rice, plans to buy 500,000 tons of rice amid a global grain shortage. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the purchase was approved during a meeting of President Um...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 March 2008 A $44 billion lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government against three tobacco companies has resumed at the Abuja federal court. The federal government is seeking damages for what is says were public health cos...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 January 2008 Nigeria's main militant group in the oil-producing Niger Delta says it plans more attacks on the military in a renewed onslaught on Africa's largest oil industry. Gilbert da Costa has more for VOA in this rep...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 December 2007 The chairman of Nigeria's anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has been ousted in a move criticized by anti-corruption campaigners. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that R...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 November 2007 Nigeria plans to reform its gas sector by introducing new pricing rules and providing infrastructure to improve supplies to the domestic market. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that another key co...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 November 2007 Nigeria has rejected plans to host the U.S. African military command, or AFRICOM, on the continent. The government's position was announced at the end of President Umaru Yar'Adua's meeting with state governo...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 October 2007 The Nigerian government has announced plans to enforce stricter safety regulations in a bid to stem spiraling road accidents. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the announcement follows an accident t...
By Sarah Simpson Abuja 06 October 2007 Nigeria gave seven soldiers a state burial in the federal capital Abuja on Friday. The seven were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA from Abuj...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 September 2007 An official U.S. warning that Western interests in Nigeria are at risk of a terrorist attack has provoked a strong reaction from the Nigerian government. A government spokesman rejected the report as an unf...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 July 2007 Nigeria says it has discovered new material it believes will strengthen its $7 billionlawsuit agains the U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and has withdrawn the case in preparation for filing a new lawsuit. For VOA, Gilbert...