Only 40 percent of Nigerians have access to electricity and less than half of those people receive their power through meters that measure how much electricity they use. In Abuja, the capital, stealing and overcharging for electricity usage are commo...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 March 2006 Administrative lapses, violence and deep-seated suspicions continue to plague Nigeria's census efforts. The organizers are under a lot of pressure to deliver, w...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 March 2006 Nigeria's long-delayed head count has started rather sluggishly. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA that logistical problems could be a major challenge to what au...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 21 February 2006 Local women dry tapioca near a flow station burning gas in Warri, Nigeria Hostage takers in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta want neutral negotiators to secure...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 16 February 2006 Nigerian authorities are being criticized for not doing enough to educate the public about the dangers of the bird flu virus. Chicken seller in Kano, Nigeria...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 February 2006 Nigeria is implementing emergency measures to contain the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus. Experts from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization are in N...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 08 February 2006 Nigeria has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu virus in its poultry stock. Laboratory tests in Nigeria and Italy had established a highly pathogenic strain of...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 01 March 2006 The World Bank says Nigeria is still struggling with an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu since the first confirmed case was reported weeks ago. Th...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 21 January 2006 An unidentified Shell contract worker stands outside the Warri airport after being evacuated from Benisede oil platform in Warri, Nigeria Ethnic Ijaw leaders...
IN THE NEWS - September 14, 2002: Sharia Law in Nigeria This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In The News. There is a dispute about a major women’s beauty competition to be held i...