Women’s dressing has become the site for pernicious policing and debates about social and moral decay in Africa, with calls for intervention within Nigeria’s higher education institutions, by religious organisations, and the media. Over the past decade, some universities ↑ … read more
The two chambers of the Nigerian national assembly — the Senate and the House of representatives — Wednesday passed the 2011 national budget of 4,971.8 trillion naira (150 naira = US$ 1). Based on a benchmark oil price of US$ … read more
A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, Chevron has told the BBC. Two workers died after January’s explosion at the KS Endeavour exploration rig, owned … read more
A Brisbane woman fleeced Nigerian scam artists by stealing more than $30,000 from their internet car sales racket, a court has been told. Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, 23, was employed by the Nigerians as an “agent” in March 2010 but was … read more
THE fuel scarcity witnessed in some cities, including Port-Harcourt, Abuja, Ilorin and Asaba, is spreading to some other places nationwide. Already, signs of shortage in supply of petrol has been seen in Ibadan, Osogbo, Ado-Ekiti, Ilorin, Owerri, Kano, Sokoto and … read more
Workers in Nigeria face escalating attacks on their livelihoods following the betrayal of last month’s national general strike against the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan. The Peoples Democratic Party government has utilised the treachery of the trade union bureaucracy to … read more
A former chief executive of construction giant KBR Inc. faced sentencing Thursday for a federal bribery conviction related to the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004. Albert “Jack” Stanley pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring in … read more
Militant Islamic sect Boko Haram has attacked the city of Kano again. Police sources said the group attacked some quarters along BUK road in Kano killing several people. Some residents had earlier claimed that the Kano home of the inspector … read more
The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria says his nation is offering support to the West African nation’s fight against a radical Islamist sect, but ruled out sending troops to a country vital to American energy supplies. Ambassador Terence P. McCulley told … read more
Authorities say four police officers have been killed in two separate attacks in Nigeria. One attack happened Thursday morning in Kano, a city of 9 million people in Nigeria’s Muslim north. Police said in a statement that gunmen riding on … read more