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Nigeria mourns Chinua Achebe despite the fact he was often at odds with it
The death of acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe led to an outpouring of grief and tributes Friday in his native Nigeria, a country whose government he harshly criticised over the years. The 82-year-old, who was confined to a wheelchair after a 1990 accident and lived in the United States in recent…
Shell shuts key pipeline in Nigeria after fire
LAGOS — Shell said Sunday it had shut down a key pipeline damaged by fire after what was suspected to be an attempt to steal crude, a move that would affect some 150,000 barrels of oil per day. Shell’s Nigeria branch had “shut the 28-inch Bomu-Bonny Trunkline after discovering a…
Tens of thousands protest anti-Islam film in Nigeria
Tens of thousands of people on Saturday protested on the streets of Nigeria’s second city of Kano against an anti-Islam film made in the US that has stirred outrage across the Muslim world. An AFP reporter said the crowd of demonstrators stretched several kilometres through the city, the largest in…
Nigerian actor sent to prison over gay sex
A NIGERIAN actor has been sentenced to three months in prison after allegedly admitting to having sex with a man, deemed an “unnatural offence” under Nigerian law. Bestwood Chukwuemeka, who is not well known but has reportedly acted in movies produced by Nigeria’s prolific Nollywood film industry, was sentenced this…
Nigerian students strive for Guinness record in toothbrushing
Striving for a Guinness World Record in oral hygiene, officials in Lagos have called on 300,000 students to take out their toothbrushes on December 5 and start scrubbing simultaneously at noon. The current record was set in India on October 9, 2007, when 177,003 people gathered at 380 locations and…
Nigeria in talks with Islamic militants to end violence
ABUJA — Nigeria’s government has reached out to members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram through back-channel talks in a bid to end an insurgency that has killed hundreds, the president’s spokesman said Sunday. “The form of the dialogue is that backroom channels are being used to reach across with…
Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill
YENAGOA, Nigeria — Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area. The flowstation in the Nembe Creek area of Bayelsa state was closed on Wednesday, the…
Oil spill detected near Exxon operations in Nigeria
EKET, Nigeria — An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigeria near operations for US giant ExxonMobil, the company said Monday, but the cause and size of the leak remained unclear. Exxon local subsidiary Mobil Producing Nigeria confirmed that oil had been found along the shoreline…
Gunman kill 2, capture 4 others in attack on oil barge in Nigeria
Gunmen attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, killing two Nigerian sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, navy officials said. The suspected sea pirates stormed the vessel in the Gulf of Guinea, an area that has seen a sharp spike in the number…
Investigations of Shell’s Nigeria spills a ‘fiasco’: Amnesty
LAGOS — Rights group Amnesty International said Friday investigations into Shell oil spills in Nigeria were a “fiasco,” alleging the company repeatedly blamed sabotage in an effort to avoid responsibility. “No matter what evidence is presented to Shell about oil spills, they constantly hide behind the ‘sabotage’ excuse and dodge…
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