Nigerian Businessman Interested in Buying Newcastle United. No, This is Not a...

A group of businessmen from Nigeria--the African nation known for its army of e-mailers offering to make you rich for a small fee--is interested in buying Newcastle United of the English Premier League."Chris...

Nigerian rebels MEND declare ceasefire

" Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:32:50 GMT The Nigerian militant MEND group has unilaterally declared ceasefire in southern oil region of the country following a week of assaults.  "Effective 0100 Hrs, September 21, 2008,...

New York City Broker Charged With Scamming Elderly Clients

"NEW YORK  --  A New York City stockbroker has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients -- many of them elderly -- and sending the money...

Argentina beat Nigeria to retain Olympic football title

Argentina claimed back-to-back Olympic football titles with the winning goal engineered by superstar Lionel Messi in a 1-0 win over former champions Nigeria in the gold medal match at the Beijing Games on Saturday at the Bird’s Nest stadium. The newly build stadium with...

Elusive peace in Nigeria's oil Delta

"An effort by the Nigerian government to bring peace to the oil-rich Niger Delta region hangs in the balance before it has even begun. Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the government would no longer be holding a planned "summit" in order to bring together the...

Row in Nigeria over Obama money

"A Nigerian group backing US senator Barack Obama for president has told the BBC the money it raised from a gala event was never meant for his campaign. It is illegal for campaign groups outside the United States to donate funds to US political parties. Earlier this week,...

Nigerian advises against 86 wives

Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84 years old, a charismatic man, manage him self to marry more than 4 woman. Some of Mr. Bello wives are younger than some of his children. " The former teacher and Muslim preacher, who lives...

Nigerian football conmen exposed

Going to UK as a footballers is a dream of many young Nigerian, and woulld be an attractive way to escape poverty. But the bad guys were taking advantage for this kind situation. " An undercover BBC investigation...

Nigerian football conmen exposed

For young African footballers there are lot of problems to deal with, first family pressure and then pray that you don't fall in the hands of conmen because you will never forget that encounter, they don't con small they con really really big.   " In e-mails and...

Leeds snap up Nigerian Showunmi

"Leeds snap up Nigerian Showunmi Showunmi had a spell on loan at Sheffield Wednesday last season Leeds United have signed striker Enoch Showunmi...

Speculation That Israel May Attack Iran Raises Oil Prices

"Crude oil rose more than $4 to a record on concerns that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran, while a strike in Brazil and renewed militant activity in Nigeria threaten to cut supplies. Oil rallied to a record high of $145.98 a barrel after the Jerusalem Post...

Indonesia executes Nigerian drug traffickers: official

"Cilacap (ANTARA News) - Two Nigerians on death row for dug offenses, Samuel Iwuchukwu Okoye and Hansen Anthony Nwaolisa, were reportedly executed before a firing squad in Nirbaya area, Nuskambangan Island, Cilacap district, Central Java, at 23.30 Thursday night.The two...

Nigerian militants call ceasefire

Finally the Nigerian militants behind some of the worst attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure and the kidnap of oil workers has annouched a ceasefire. The group, the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it followed an appeal made by elders in the region to give...

Nigeria: Another heavy attack by Militants on oil pipelines

Nigerian militants blew up a key oil supply pipeline operated by Chevron, in the latest attack targeting the country's multi-billion-dollar oil industry, company and military sources said Saturday.The US oil giant...

Nigerian Militants Strike Shell Oil Rig

Nigeria has a tragic history of conflict between Shell oil and local interest groups. Today, militants attacked one of Shell's offshore oil rigs."Royal Dutch Shell was forced to shut down production of its Bonga...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from