标签:nigerian 相关文章
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 March 2008 A $44 billion lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government against three tobacco companies has resumed at the Abuja federal court. The federal government is seeking damages for what is says were public health cos
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 26 June 2007 Nigeria's new President Umaru Yar'Adua is contemplating the formation of a national unity government in a bid to unite his fractious nation. Mr. Yar'Adua has been holding talks with leaders of Nigeria's thre
Nigerian opposition politicians are discussing the formation of a broad-based opposition party that can wrest power from the ruling People's Democratic Party in elections scheduled for 2011. The PDP has dominated the Nigerian political landscape sin
Analysts Weigh Nigeria-Russia Arms Deal 分析师称尼日利亚与俄罗斯有军火交易 Nigeria has turned to Russia to buy heavier weapons following a recent strain in relations with the United States. After the U.S. rejected a request for Cobra
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 April 2007 One of Nigeria's best-known citizens, the writer Wole Soyinka, has given his support to calls for another presidential election. Opposition leaders and international observers have described the April 21 electi
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 July 2007 Nigerian government lawyers have filed criminal charges against the American drug firm Pfizer. The lawyers accuse Pfizer of carrying out illegal tests of drugs in Nigeria. Gilbert da Costa has more for VOA in th
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 May 2006 Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo (File photo) The Nigerian senate Tuesday voted to throw out a bill to give President Olusegun Obasanjo the option to stand for
AS IT IS 2013-06-01 Musical Prodigy Emily Bear Shines on Diversity Hello and welcome to As It Is. Im June Simms in Washington. Today, we take a trip to the imaginary planet Krypton to witness the historic birth of Superman and to hear about how he ca
AS IT IS 2013-06-11 Street Children in Ethiopia Need Shelter Not Getting It From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today on our program, we learn that life is not so sweet for sugar farmers in Nigeria, and of the need
By Nico Colombant Abuja 23 April 2007 International observers have condemned Nigeria's recently concluded ruling-party-dominated state, legislative and presidential elections, saying authorities failed the Nigerian people. Meanwhile, national observe
By Nico Colombant Zaria, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Even as the main opposition presidential candidates in Nigeria say they will take part in Saturday's elections, other opposition leaders and their supporters remain unconvinced about the usefulness of pa
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 May 2007 Before the deadline for petitions challenging April's presidential vote, at least seven opposition candidates have filed the necessary documents. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the opposition is
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 February 2006 Oil installations belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi Niger Delta Nigeria's largest workers union, the Nigeria Labor Congress, has appe
By Catherine Maddux Washington 24 March 2006 Olusegun Obasanjo seen as he participates in National Population Census at Abuja Earlier this month, a Nigerian constitutional review panel recommended all
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 June 2006 A militant group in the Niger Delta Wednesday staged a bloody raid on an oil facility seizing five South Korean oil workers and killing four soldiers. ----------
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 July 2006 Nigerian child holds up a chicken outside the family home in Todo village Recent research findings that Nigeria may have been hit repeatedly by different strains of bird flu are raising concern, as the West Afr
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 June 2007 The Nigerian government has offered concessions to the country's two main labor unions to head off a nationwide strike set for Wednesday. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja says the unions may arrive at a final decision
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 15 September 2006 Nigerian oil unions say they could resume their strike, if the government fails to meet their demands. The unions suspended their strike Thursday, a day after it started. ----- A Nigerian army gunboat arri
By Fid Thompson Dakar 01 October 2009 Oprah Winfrey in Copenhagen, Denmark 30 Sep 2009 Emerging Nigerian writer Uwem Akpan's short story collection, Say You're One of Them, recently was chosen by U.S. television talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her
By Sarah Simpson Kano 11 April 2007 Lawal Manesara, left, discuss with Ali Usman, centre, and sani Bako, right, all polio victims in a street of Lagos, Nigeria, 4 May 2005 Many polio victims in the northern Nigerian city, Kano, have turned their back