Oil workers in Nigeria say they will embark on an indefinite strike if the government fails to reverse the sale of two state-owned oil and gas companies within two weeks. The government says privatizing the two companies will make them more efficien...
Tens of thousands of Nigerian residents in the disputed Bakassi peninsula have fled to southern Nigeria, creating what has been characterized as a growing humanitarian problem. We hear more from Gilbert da Costa in Abuja. Locals move their property...
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua says his two-pronged strategy to stem the violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta is the best for the country. Yar'Adua also assured Nigerians that the economy was a on a 'strong footing, boosted by high international...
Nigerian militants in the restive Niger Delta appear to be making good their promise to cripple the country's petroleum industry, targeting oil company employees and attacking facilities in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports the...
With the possibility of an American president whose roots extend to the African continent, Nigerians are rallying to the cause of Democratic Party candidate Barrack Obama. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports on the Obamania that is currently...
Nigeria is due to complete its withdrawals from the disputed Bakassi peninsula on the 14th of August, but fresh tension is mounting as Nigerian gunmen opposed to the handover intensify attacks on Cameroon troops in the territory. Gilbert da Costa in...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 May 2008 The violence against foreigners in South Africa is being monitored closely in Nigeria. Several thousand Nigerians live in South Africa, and some of them have been targeted in the recent violence against foreigner...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2008 Lawyers representing Nigeria's federal government say they have begun work on an out-of-court settlement with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the legal dispute over a controversial clinical trial by the com...
By Phuong Tran Air Mountains, Niger 09 April 2008 In West Africa, ethnic nomad Tuareg rebels last year launched attacks in Niger's Saharan north, demanding more money and power for their desert communities. More than half the country is under a state...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 March 2008 A Nigerian anti-corruption committee has asked President Umaru Yar'Adua to order a full probe into the administration of his predecessor Olusegun Obasanjo. The request follows revelations that energy contracts...