Nigeria - Afrik.com : Africa and Maghreb's news - The panafrican daily newspaper http://en.afrik.com/ Afrik.com, Africa's portal offers a daily online newspaper with information on what is going on in the world, culture, economics, sport, societies of 56 african countries. en Afrik.com : Africa news, Maghreb news - The african daily newspaper http://en.afrik.com/images/logo_moyen.gif http://en.afrik.com/ Nigeria News update http://en.afrik.com/article14109.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:32:13 +0200 Delta region and other Nigerian news Situation worsens in Nigeria's Delta region http://en.afrik.com/article14098.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:50:14 +0200 Conciliation summit over Delta region of Nigeria postponed. UK offers Nigeria help to train security forces http://en.afrik.com/article14084.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:20:31 +0200 Gordon Brown has offered Nigeria help to train security forces. Nigeria and UK cooperation to fight oil theft could face opposition from corrupt officials http://en.afrik.com/article14079.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:59:40 +0200 Britain and Nigeria will be seeking ways to tackle one of the fastest growing criminal rackets in the world, the industrial-scale theft of Nigerian crude oil, when Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, hosts the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar'Adua, in London on Wednesday. A Boeing 737 overshoots runway in Port Harcourt http://en.afrik.com/article14069.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:26:09 +0200 Rivers police spokesperson Rita Abbey said the plane took off from the commercial city of Lagos with a yet-to-be Defence chief's confused explanation : shortchange was due to overpayment http://en.afrik.com/article14067.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:06:47 +0200 On the allegations by the aggrieved soldiers that they were underpaid their entitlements, the CDS explained that the shortfall of two months pay for the battalion in Akure was due to Nigerian and Scottish rebel groups to join forces ? http://en.afrik.com/article14063.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:05:25 +0200 An online Nigerian newspaper had reported that the Scottish group contacted MEND after the Fears of fuel-hoarding as fuel tanker drivers strike in Nigeria http://en.afrik.com/article14055.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:44:00 +0200 The association had given a 21-day ultimatum, which has expired, to their employers and the government to raise their monthly pay, which is 12,000 naira (US$102), ensure good 34.8% rise in Nigerian banks assets and liabilities in a month http://en.afrik.com/article14048.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:48:05 +0200 The apex bank attributed the increase in total assets to the 6.1% and 9.3 % rise in reserves and claims of the private sector respectively. Gordon Brown enrages MEND : Flimsy unilateral ceasefire crumbles http://en.afrik.com/article14043.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:33:40 +0200 It said the decision to call off the ceasefire was due to the statement credited to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ''offering to Child trafficking, rape, abuse and a helpless government ... http://en.afrik.com/article14033.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:20 +0200 Poverty drives parents into steering their teenage daughters into work as domestic helps, believing the menial jobs would secure better living conditions for their daughters... Stolen crude oil should be treated like blood diamonds by the international community http://en.afrik.com/article14024.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:58:23 +0200 "I appeal to you and through you to all other G8 leaders to support my new proposal which I will also discuss with UN Secretary General at my meeting with him, that stolen crude should be treated like stolen Rioting Nigerian soldiers explain action ahead of court martial http://en.afrik.com/article14015.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:48:15 +0200 They claimed that going by the stipend of US$1,228 per month per soldier approved by the Federal Government, they were entitled to US$7,368 each for the six months they served in Liberia, but instead they received... Big Brother Africa III to be banned for immorality ? http://en.afrik.com/article14004.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:31:16 +0200 ...promoting widespread pornography under whatever guise is counterproductive. This reinforces the notion that one does not need to work hard to become rich and famous,'' said the Panapress Two former Nigerian ministers remanded in custody over corruption http://en.afrik.com/article13995.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:43:06 +0200 According to the Senate Aviation Committee, the controversial Safe Tower contract awarded to Austrian firm Avsatel for 6.5 billion naira might have been inflated to the tune of