Nigerian authorities and Shell's local subsidiary were on Monday investigating the cause of a spill on the Trans Niger pipeline that lasted several days.
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's government could no longer afford to pay for a costly fuel subsidy as of Tuesday, the chief executive of state oil firm NNPC Ltd said, a day after new President Bola Tinubu said the subsidy would be scrapped. | 12:50pm
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's government could no longer afford to pay for a costly fuel subsidy as of Tuesday, the chief executive of state oil firm NNPC Ltd said, a day after new President Bola Tinubu said the subsidy would be scrapped. | 12:50pm
Nigeria's government could no longer afford to pay for a costly fuel subsidy as of Tuesday, the chief executive of state oil firm NNPC Ltd said, a day after new President Bola Tinubu said the subsidy would be scrapped.
By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria s presidential election was marked by long delays at some polling stations on Saturday, which did not deter large crowds of voters hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari. Africa s most populous nation is struggling with Islamist insurgencies in the northeast, an epidemic of kidnappings for ransom, conflict between herders and farmers, shortages of cash, fuel and power, as well as deep-rooted corruption and poverty. Reuters reporters at locations across the country saw a mixed election day picture, with some polling stations closing at the planned time of 2:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) while others had yet to open. I will wait here to cast my vote. If I don t vote how will things change? said 23-year-old Halima Sherif, whose polling station in the northern city of Kano had not started operating by closing time. By evening, some polling stations were already counting ballots while