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,

Abuja - A petroleum pro

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

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

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