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The villagers and Friends of the Earth want to hold the Netherlands- based oil giant responsible for a leaking pipeline owned by its Nigerian subsidiary, which polluted farmland and woods in 2005. Lawyer Michel Uiterwaal told the judges that Shell...

The condition of Nigerian President Umaru Yar 'adua is improving as the official was moved from intensive care at a Saudi Arabian hospital, officials said. Nigerian officials in Saudi Arabia said the hospital transfer of the 58-year-old Nigerian leader represented...

Cornelia Parker, Gary Hume and Keith Tyson reveal how they're dealing with the threat of catastrophe Vision of a tragic future? … Tomás Saraceno's Biospheres at the Rethink exhibition in Copenhagen. Photograph: Anders Sune Berg A floating plastic bubble, so hi-tech...

Instead of seeking to invest $2 billion to allow its Richmond refinery to process tar sands and other forms of dirtier crude, perhaps Chevron should first invest some portion of this sum into upgrading this refinery into a state-of-the-art facility,...

The Nigerian government on Wednesday flatly rejected calls by dozens of public figures for ailing president Umaru Yar'Adua to resign, according to a statement released after a Cabinet meeting. More than 50 Nigerian public figures had earlier called on Yar'Adua...

Mohun Bagan, on Sunday, rode an Edeh Chidi goal from the spot to edge past Calcutta Customs in a CFL Premier Division match at the club ground. But the match, which lacked quality football, highlighted a few problems. Since the...

More than 70 people were killed in Nigeria's Anambra state when a fuel tanker overturned on an expressway, authorities say...Ekenna said after overturning on the Onitsha-Awka expressway Friday, the fuel tanker exploded and the ensuing fire engulfed six commuter buses,...

The main armed group in southern Nigeria said on Wednesday it will resume attacks on the oil industry when its ceasefire expires on October 15. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) dismissed a government amnesty programme...

The hot (and seriously cool) energy that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of “Fela!,” which opened on Monday night, feels as if it could stretch easily to the borders of Manhattan and then across a...

AISMA Award, Cyber Nigeria 2009 Forum Hold in Lagos Peter Jones Ailuorio 16 November 2009 Lagos — The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku, will lead dignitaries to the Africa Information Society Merit Award (AISMA), billed to...