No fewer than ten Nigerians in Saudi Arabia currently performing this year’s hajj rites have been reported dead. Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission in Mecca, Aliyu Tanko made this known on Monday. According to Tanko, over 50,000 Nigerian pilgrims … read more
A man died on Monday morning after he was electrocuted by an electric barbed fence after allegedly trying to attempt diesel from a compound in Nigeria, the Punch Metro reported. Two other suspects ran away after seeing their accomplice shocked. The … read more
A professional and transparent probe must uncover what led to the recent fatal collapse of a guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Monday. “By so doing, we will … read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Nigeria to provide expertise and build the capacity of other countries in the sub-region on how to contain the outbreak of the ebola virus disease in their countries. Executive secretary of the National … read more
A Research Fellow at the Centre for Advance Social Study in Port Harcourt, Dr Sofiri Peterside, has expressed worry about the incessant cases of expatriate kidnap in the Niger Delta Region. He said that the frequency of the crime in … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan submitted a list of cabinet nominees for Senate approval on Tuesday, including an executive from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, presidency sources said. Jonathan sacked all government ministers last Wednesday in a bid to assert his … read more
A United Nations (UN) staff member, who was injured in late August when a suicide bomber attacked a UN building in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, has died, officials confirmed on Thursday. Fred Simiyu Willis, an employee of the UN … read more
Over Christmas, around 40 people died in what were the worst acts of terror against Christians this year. Several hundred have fallen victim to the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram since 2010. Exact figures are unknown. The Christian Association of … read more
The highest paid chief executive among the seven major listed petroleum products marketing companies in Nigeria is the managing director of Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc. His annual remuneration is N85 million per annum, which is about 23 percent more than … read more
Gunmen killed 15 people and wounded many more when they attacked a lecture theatre used by Christian worshippers in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano on Sunday, a university worker told Reuters. The man, who asked not to be named, … read more