Hacking in Nigeria has taken a new toll as Nigerian celebrities are now the latest target. Hackers recently claimed to have accessed the Twitter and Facebook accounts of at least 30 Nigerian celebrities. The hacker is already tweeting from the … read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has once again pushed back the time frame for selling off state-owned power assets, according to an announcement by the Bureau of Private Enterprises (BPE). allAfrica.com quotes the London-based “The Moment” as reporting that this … read more
A public disaster was averted today in Suleja Niger State as the anti-bomb unit of the Nigerian police successfully defused a home made bomb left in the market. Traders in the IBB Market said they detected a strange object packed … read more
Gunmen hurled explosives and fired at a police station and a nearby bank in a northern Nigeria town Monday in another of daily attacks blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram, witnesses said. The attack in Jama’are, a traditional emirate and … read more
Pirate attacks off Africa’s west coast in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing and becoming more violent, sophisticated and systematic, the U.N. political chief said Monday. Undersecretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe told the U.N. Security Council that the International Maritime Organization … read more
Nigeria and 10 other countries including the United States (US), Belgium, and Spain yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State, began a naval exercise to fight piracy, oil theft, smuggling and other maritime security challenges. However, Nigeria said oil theft, piracy … read more
Nigeria’s president visited the site of a fire caused by an accident at Chevron’s offshore Funiwa oil facility and urged the company to give more aid to the communities affected. The fire has been raging since a gas explosion in … read more
Nigerian Pastors have begun lambasting Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy over his comment that masturbation is not a sin against God but a mere habit that God is not angry about. Since the controversial Chris Oyakhilome recently made the … read more
Members of the militant Boko Haram sect on Monday set ablaze the Maiduguri Experimental School, a private school in northeast Nigeria’s Borno State, bringing to four the total number of schools razed by the group within a week. According to … read more
Three female church members died when suicide bombers rammed their explosive-laden vehicle into the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) during service on Sunday in Jos, capital of Nigeria’s central Plateau state, the local media reported, quoting … read more