President Muhammadu Buhari plans to split the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into two entities, his spokesman said. Buhari, elected in March on promises to combat corruption, has made clear he wants to overhaul the oil sector in Africa’s … read more
A 10-year old girl killed 16 people in a suicide bombing in the northeastern Nigeria city of Damaturu on Sunday. The girl detonated her explosives next to a crowded market as shoppers were being screened by security services. According to … read more
The news last week over the possible regrouping of former members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was a sad development. MEND was disbanded in 2009 following the Amnesty Programme floated by the Yar’Adua administration. … read more
At least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the northern Cameroonian town of Maroua on Saturday, a local military commander said, just three days after twin bombings there suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram. … read more
Five people were killed with 50 others injured in an explosion at the Lamingo water treatment plant in Nigeria’s northern central city of Jos, local police said on Sunday. Plateau State police spokesman, Emanuel Abu, who confirmed the incident, told … read more
Nobody tells you about this part. Expats are good at preparing for their next exciting post, whether it’s in Burundi or Boston. They’ll study the language, find the best place to live, read up on the food, the climate, and … read more
Three sisters whose father was deemed to be preparing to have them undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) have been made the subject of a new-style protection order aimed at stopping the practice. The mother of the three girls, aged six, … read more
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has accused his army chiefs of failing in the response to the abduction of over 200 girls from a school in Chibok last April. He said this while entertaining the Bring Back Our Girls family in … read more
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) dissociates itself from the purported meeting of “MEND/Ex-MEND Leaders” scheduled to hold on July 25, 2015, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. MEND wishes to state categorically that … read more
Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, yesterday, summoned commanders and leaders of the various wings of the militant group to an emergency meeting, tomorrow in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He did … read more