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The South Sudanese government has seized what had been Sudan’s share of the south’s oil production and has decided to build a new pipeline that would not cross through Sudanese territory, the latest sign that the two are unlikely to resolve by negotiation the issues created when South Sudan became an independent country this summer. South Sudan’s leader, President Salva ...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has promised the continued support of the UN for the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission. Speaking today, he congratulated both countries for peacefully implementing the 2002 ruling of the International Court of Justice. “The UN will continue to work with your respective governments to promote cross-border economic activity to benefit your people. The UN ...

The Lagos State Water Corporation, LSWC, has raised an alarm of an imminent borehole drilling induced landslide in the state. Mr. Shayo Holloway, Group Managing Director of LSWC, said that the incessant drilling of boreholes remained one of the dangers facing residents of the state in recent times. Holloway stated last weekend that large scale drilling of boreholes also pollutes ...

Dear President Goodluck Jonathan and honorable minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke, I am personally very happy about the urgency which this millions of euro mansion allegation in Vienna, Austria has been refuted and taken. Consequently I would want to inform you all, and fellow Nigerians that I went into action immediately after recovering from the shock of hearing that such ...

Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial district, who was alleged by the State Security Service as a financier of the Boko Haram sect, has pleaded not guilty to the breach of official trust by disclosing information to unauthorized persons and criminals. Ndume was arraigned today at a Chief Magistrate Court at Zone 2, Abuja, where he pleaded not ...