Cartel's ministers had been widely expected to agree to cut production as early as January
Militants in region have crippled oil industry with series of kidnappings and attacks on oil facilities, disrupting production in Afric
Ethnic Ijaw leaders Saturday appealed to militants holding 4 foreign oil workers
President Olusegun Obasanjo re-assures Nigerians living in Bakassi their interests and safety would be protected under agreement reache
Atiku Abubakar now presidential candidate of Nigeria's fledgling opposition Action Congress Party
Size of new force was one sticking point at just-concluded Abuja meeting
Troops were accused of killing hundreds in delta village of Odi in 1999 to avenge killing of 12 policemen
Olusegun Obasanjo sends impeachment request to senate, accompanied by report, accusing Atiku Abubakar of fraud
Current wave of attacks on oil industry by militants in Niger Delta has potential of crippling national economy
Journalists questioned age, cost of executive jet purchased for president Obasanjo; trial raises questions about tolerance for press fr
Government says it will introduce legislation to punish homosexuality by up to five years in jail and ban same-sex marriages
Former US President Jimmy Carter says 22-year international Guinea worm eradication effort has recorded phenomenal success
Army says suspected militants in speedboats attacked troops guarding country's main crude oil and liquified natural gas export terminal
2007 polls likely to be most keenly contested, mainly because president and many state governors nearing their second terms and constit
Blogger Jonathan Elendu has been held since October 18, when the Nigerian State Security Service arrested him at Abuja airport upon ar
Central Bank Governor Chukwuma Soludo says plan, an effort to reform country's financial sector, involves dropping two zeroes off the n
