Nigeria set to hand Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon
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Nigeria will on Monday formally hand sovereignty over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon after withdrawing its 3,000 troops in compliance with a UN-brokered deadline.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Nigeria failed to agree with Cameroon on a promised troop-pullout from disputed territory in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea on Friday, a month after a UN-backed deadline for its hand-over to Cameroon passed.
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The Olympic soccer title is going to South America with Argentina and Paraguay meeting in the final. After the triumphs of Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon four years ago, Europe has
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In the minds of its creators,  the Tinapa resort in southeastern Nigeria will rival Dubai or  London as a shopping and trading paradise for rich and  enterprising Nigerians.
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Nigeria&#39;s President Olusegun Obasanjo says the African Union is ready to send 3,000 troops to Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region.
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Challenging for a record-equalling fifth African Nations Cup title in west Africa will fill Samuel Eto'o-inspired Cameroon with confidence.
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Nigeria's central bank plans to lift restrictions on its currency, the naira, making it convertible by 2009.
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Cameroonian politician John Fru Ndi stands as presidential candidate in next month's election, splitting the opposition coalition.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on  Sunday proposed to give a greater role to African Union (AU)  troops in restoring peace to Sudan's Darfur region on the eve  of talks between the Sudanese government and rebels.
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Nigeria's government denied responsibility for a delay in pulling its forces out of the disputed Bakassi peninsula as a deadline set by the United Nations expired and a new timetable was awaited.
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Nigerian troops are due to fly from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to the western Sudanese region of Darfur to bolster an African Union protection force.
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LAGOS : The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta, Mujahid Dokubo Asari, announced on Tuesday evening that he would meet President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja on Wednesday.
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Reigning champions Egypt play Cameroon in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Virgin Group boss Richard Branson said Tuesday he has signed an agreement with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to launch a new airline out of the west African nation that will be majority owned by Nigerian investors.
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Switzerland is to hand back to Nigeria SFr622 million ($500 million) belonging to the former ruler, Sani Abacha, and his family.
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At least 60 people drowned at sea off southwest Cameroon at the weekend when a wooden motor boat packed with passengers and cargo capsized on its way to neighboring Nigeria, a local official said on Monday.
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The west African state of Ghana is about to take its place in the international spotlight as hosts of the 26th African Nations Cup.