October 06, 2012

• Nigeria/Libya: Keshi Picks Seven Home-Based for Liberian Duel

  Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi has kept to his promise of naming his home-based professionals that will join their foreign counterpart for the weekend's Nations Cup final round... Read more »

September 20, 2012

• Nigeria/Libya: SA 2013 - Liberian FA Battles to Get Man City Star

  Liberia Football Association President Musa Bility has confirmed that Liberian-born Alex Nimley who has featured for England at the youth level, could have his wish granted in 48... Read more »

July 24, 2012

• Nigeria: 'Invest Sovereign Wealth Fund in Stocks'

  The President of President of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), Mr. Ariyo Olushekun, has called on the Federal Government to invest significant portion of the... Read more »

July 08, 2012

• Nigeria: Pan African Parliament Counsels Libyan Politicians

  As the people of Libya went to the polls to elect a 200 seat National Assembly Saturday, the Pan African Parliament has urged Libyan politicians to use the elections to restore... Read more »

May 21, 2012

• Libya: Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi, Dies At 60

  The Libyan man convicted of bringing down a PanAm airliner over Lockerbie in 1988, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, died of cancer Sunday at the age of 60, leaving many issues on the... Read more »

April 11, 2012

• Nigeria: Obada - Looted Libyan Weapons Now in Country

  Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Olusola Obada, yesterday confirmed speculations that weapons stolen from Libyan armoury have found their way to Nigeria. Read more »

February 03, 2012

• Nigeria: Falana Faults Monetary 'Gift' for Libyan Returnees

  A Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has challenged the monetary compensation given to the batch of 24 Nigerians, who were evacuated by the Federal Government from Libya, during the... Read more »

December 26, 2011

• Nigeria: OPEC Agrees to Accommodate Libya Oil Production

  Libya's Oil Minister Abdul Rahman Bin Yezza has disclosed that there was a "gentlemen's" agreement in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to accommodate the... Read more »

December 08, 2011

• Nigeria: 55 Citizens Arrive From Libya

  Another batch of 55 Nigerians, including a month-old twins, arrived the country yesterday, through the nation's border with Republic of Chad at Gamboru-Ngala. Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Nigeria: Boko Haram - FG Worried Over Inflow of Libyan Weapons

  Federal Government has expressed concern over lack of Nigerian military presence near its border with Republic of Niger alleged to be the major route through which groups like Boko... Read more »

November 20, 2011

• Nigeria: Last of Gaddafi's Sons, Saif Al-Islam, Finally Captured

  Saif al-Islam, the last of the sons of the slain former Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, was yesterday captured in Obari, near the city of Sabha, Southern Libya, along with three of... Read more »

October 31, 2011

• Nigeria: 23 Days in the Desert, More Citizens Return From Libya With Woeful Tales

  For 23 days and 23 nights, another set of 79 Nigerians sojourned through the desert, in search of their way to Nigeria. It was all a tale of woes and misery as they arrived... Read more »

October 28, 2011

• Nigeria: 'We Were Raped, Robbed By Libyan Rebels'

  Thirty days in the desert after fleeing the crisis-torn Libya, 450 Nigerians yesterday arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, with tales of rape, torture and loss of their personal... Read more »

October 27, 2011

• Libya: Gaddafi's Last Stand in Sirte

  Sirte is utterly destroyed. In just a few weeks this pristine show town, the birthplace and beneficiary of Colonel Gaddafi's largesse, has been reduced to rubble. Read more »

October 23, 2011

• Libya: Transitional Govt Plans New Constitution

  With the death of Muammar Ghaddafi during a NATO-led airstrike to capture Sirte, his hometown, Libyans yesterday began to chart a future for their country after a 42-years reign of... Read more »

October 22, 2011

• Libya: UN, Amnesty Want Probe of Muammer Gaddafi's Death

  While alive, late Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, was an extremely controversial figure. Almost 48 hours after his death, Gaddafi still remained controversial. Read more »

October 08, 2011

• Nigeria: Jonathan, Zenawi Urge Libya to Check Killings of Migrants

  As the Libyan National Transition Council make the final push for the total control of the country from Moumar Ghadafi, President Goodluck Jonathan and Prime Minister of Ethiopia,... Read more »

September 26, 2011

• Nigeria: OPEC Recognises NTC As Libya's Representative

  The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said it has recognised the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's representative. Libya is one of the major oil... Read more »

September 21, 2011

• Africa: At UN, AU Finally Recognises Libya's Tnc

  African Union (AU) - the continental body to which Libya belongs - has announced its recognition of the Transitional National Council (TNC) as the representative of the Libyan... Read more »

September 19, 2011

• Nigeria: Nation Absent As UN Votes to Recognise Libyan Rebels

  Nigeria, the first African country to back Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC), was absent at the weekend when the United Nations General Assembly voted to recognise the... Read more »

September 17, 2011

• Nigeria: Libya - Gaddafi Forces Beat Back Rebels' Bani Walid Attack

  Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a 130mm howitzer at pro-Gaddafi forces east of Sirte Read more »

September 14, 2011

• Nigeria: U.S. to Help Nationals, Others Detained in Libya

  United States has expressed its concern about arbitrary detention and abuse of sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees in Libya, and said it was working with international... Read more »

September 11, 2011

• West Africa: Ecowas Keeps Mum On Ghaddafi

  The Economic Community of West African States Saturday kept mum on the reported granting of asylum to ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, saying there was no discussion on the... Read more »

September 08, 2011

• Nigeria: Libya - Serap Canvasses End to Racial Killings

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to ask Libya to stop the killing of Nigerians and... Read more »

September 06, 2011

• Libya: Despite FG's Recognition of TNC, Rebels Still Attack Nationals in Libya

  Although Nigeria has recognised the Transitional National Council (TNC) as the legitimate representatives of Libyans, this rare display of fearless or bold diplomatic action seems... Read more »