Jul 09 Conversation: Chimamanda Adichie, Author of 'The Thing Around Your Neck' By Arts Desk In her new short story collection, "The Thing Around Your Neck," Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie moves back and forth between two continents the way she has in real life. Continue reading
Jun 09 Shell Pays Millions to Settle Activists' Deaths in Nigeria By PBS News Hour Royal Dutch Shell, in order to settle several lawsuits brought in a U.S. court, agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to the families of Nigerian protesters executed by the military regime in the 1990s. Continue reading
May 27 Watch In Nigeria, Christianity and Islam Combine Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the blending of Christianity and Islam in Lagos, Nigeria, as an avenue to rediscovering the West African tradition of interfaith tolerance. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Corruption Case Exposes Scope of Bribery in Nigeria Last year, Albert Jack Stanley, the former CEO of KBR, pleaded guilty to bribery for masterminding the payment of more than $180 million to Nigerian officials. PBS Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergmen reports on the damage done by large-scale bribery in… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch In Nigeria, Scarce Water Supply and High Food Prices Leave Families Hungry NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how a scarcity of water and high supply costs are hindering efforts to improve Nigeria's food supply. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Health Workers Renew Fight Against Polio in Nigeria Polio continues to be a major medical problem in Nigeria where suspicions about vaccines and other issues have revived the crippling disease. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Nigeria on efforts to curb the polio problem. Continue watching
Aug 14 Nigeria Hands over Oil-rich Peninsula to Cameroon By PBS News Hour Nigeria handed over the Bakassi peninsula to neighboring Cameroon on Thursday, bringing a formal end to a 15-year dispute marred by violence and legal battles. Continue reading
Jul 28 Nigerian Militants Renew Oil Pipeline Attacks By PBS News Hour Nigeria's main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta region claimed responsibility for two oil pipeline attacks Monday, less than a week after officially calling off a cease-fire on pipeline sabotage… Continue reading
Apr 22 Supply Concerns Drive Oil Prices to New Highs By PBS News Hour Oil prices continued to soar Tuesday topping $118 a barrel after unrest in Nigeria and Yemen forced oil companies to limit production from key areas. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Tracking Oil's Journey From the Pipeline to the Pump The price of oil fell slightly Thursday after reaching a record high a day earlier. In the second installment of our series on the consequences of the high price of oil, Lisa Margonelli, a fellow with the New America Foundation,… Continue watching