Thursday, March 29, 2018

Video - Shell targets former senior executive in Nigeria graft complaint



Royal Dutch Shell has filed a criminal complaint against a former senior employee over suspected bribes in the 2011 sale of an oilfield in Nigeria. Dutch prosecutors confirmed they had received the complaint against Peter Robinson, a former vice president for sub-Saharan Africa. This comes at a time when the multinational oil and gas company and several former executives are already facing a criminal trial in Milan over an alleged bribery scheme related to the separate purchase of a Nigerian oil block.

Video - Twins born in Nigeria killed to 'ward off evil'



New-born babies are considered to be a blessing and their arrival is widely celebrated. But in some parts of Nigeria, babies from multiple births like twins, are considered evil. Here is more on this shocking trend.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Video - Nigeria negotiating with Boko Haram on possible ceasefire



Nigeria's government says its negotiating ceasefire with jihadist group, Boko Haram. It's the first time the government has publically admitted to negotiating a peaceful end to nearly ten years of conflict. Previous talks with the group have been focused on the release of hostages.

Serbia beat Nigeria 2-0 in international friendly

Aleksandar Mitrovic's second-half brace secured a 2-0 win for Serbia against a disappointing Nigeria at The Hive in London on Tuesday.

The Super Eagles made four changes to the team that beat Poland 1-0 in Wroclaw on Friday, with the quartet of Tyronne Ebuehi, Chidozie Awaziem, Ogenyi Onazi and Ahmed Musa introduced to the line-up.

However, the changes served to undermine Nigeria's intensity, and their showing was a far cry from the high pressing and dynamism of recent fixtures.

Mitrovic might have opened his account in the first half, but his effort was ruled out despite his header appearing to cross the line before Francis Uzoho desperately scrambled to gather.

It was the second time in four days the Eagles had a controversial goalline decision go in their favour.

Uzoho did well to save from Mitrovic, Dusan Tadic and Branislav Ivanovic, and the youngster looked poised to preserve a third successive clean sheet in the green-and-white of Nigeria until the on-loan Fulham forward's late intervention.

Mitrovic broke the deadlock in the 68th minute with a composed finish, and added a second - exploiting some poor defending on behalf of the West Africans - in the 81st minute as Nigeria pressed forward in search of an equaliser.

Nigeria's best chance fell to Victor Moses, as the Chelsea wing-back forced Vladimir Stojkovic into a smart save at the death

The defeat was only the second defeat of Gernot Rohr's tenure, and the German tactician will surely have learned a lot from the performance of some of his peripheral players in their loss against the Eastern Europeans.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Video - Nigeria talking to Boko Haram about possible ceasefire



In Nigeria ceasefire talks are reportedly under way between government and Boko Haram militants. That's according to information minister Lai Mohammed. Boko Haram has killed thousands of people in the country during an insurgency that's lasted for years now.