NNPC seeks Reps support for assets security
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Austen Oniwon, has called on the House of Representatives to assist the oil and gas industry in combating the menace of illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft.
CAR president becomes Celestial Church leader
The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, was elevated to the status of religious leader Monday, state radio said Monday.
Gunmen kill 4 traders in Yola
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four traders from the mainly Christian Igbo ethnic group on Monday in the city of Yola, residents said, the latest in a string of such attacks.
UN court to sentence Charles Taylor on Wednesday
Liberian warlord Charles Taylor will be sentenced for war crimes by a special UN court on Wednesday, after being found guilty of arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for “blood diamonds”.
Gunmen attack Muslim worshippers in Potiskum
Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding others, the military and residents said.
