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Nigeria: Abdulmutallab - U.S. Senate Intelligence Panel to Begin Hearing January 21
Leadership, 11 January 2010
US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairperson, Dianne Feinstein, has said the Senate Intelligence Panel is in the midst of a review of intelligence failures that allowed Umar Farouk… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mutallab - U.S., Country Oil Deals Threatened
Independent (Lagos), 11 January 2010
The oil deals between Nigeria and the United States (U.S) are on under threat following the ongoing diplomatic tussle between the two countries over U.S. listing of Nigeria as a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Terror List - Fashola Condemns U.S. Decision
This Day, 12 January 2010
Lagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday described the decision of the United States Government to enlist Nigeria on its terror watch list as unfair, hasty and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Terrorrism - Nation Will Be Delisted Soon - Benin Chief
Leadership, 11 January 2010
As the Federal Government continues to engage in diplomatic talks with the United States of America over the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to blow up an American… Read more »
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Nigeria: Mutallab - U.S. Unfair to Nation - Fashola
Daily Champion, 12 January 2010
GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday kicked against the decision of the United States (U.S.) government to brand Nigeria as a terrorist nation following the December… Read more »
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Nigeria: Emir Condemns Country's Inclusion in U.S. Terror List
Independent (Lagos), 11 January 2010
Member, House of Representatives for Fune Fika Constituency, Baba Yusuf Gishiwari (second left), receives a PDP flag at his ward in Dogon Kuka town, Fune Local Government Area in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nation Not a Terrorist Country - Naptan
Daily Champion, 12 January 2010
National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has protested the listing of Nigeria as a terrorist country by the U.S. government, saying Nigeria is not a terrorist state. Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Bent on Humiliating Nation - Jibril Aminu
Daily Trust, 11 January 2010
The Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Professor Jibril Aminu has said the Barack Obama administration in the United States placed Nigeria on the terror watch list because… Read more »
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Nigeria: Obasanjo Faults FG On Terror Listing
Daily Trust, 11 January 2010
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has faulted the reaction of the Federal Government to the listing of Nigeria among countries whose citizens would face intense screening before… Read more »
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Nigeria: AC Faults Senate on U.S. Terror Watch List
Vanguard, 11 January 2010
THE Nigerian Senate has been urged to reconsider its proposed plan to issue a seven day ultimatum to the United State government to remove the country from its terror watch list or… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Protests U.S. Tough Stance on Nationals
Vanguard, 5 January 2010
The Federal Government, yesterday, reacted to the new air-travelling security measures by the United States, US, Government which puts passengers from Nigeria, among 14 other… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Protests U.S. List of Terrorist Nations
Leadership, 4 January 2010
The Nigerian government yesterday protested its inclusion by its American counterpart among nations it considers as "countries of interest" - those that sponsor state terrorism. Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Blacklists Country
This Day, 5 January 2010
Henceforth, Nigerians will start experiencing what they probably fear the most on the international arena: blacklisting. The country has been added to the infamous list of… Read more »