Eminent Nigerian citizens began a two-day meeting on Monday to take a critical look at the state of affairs in the country and returned a grim verdict: ‘Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and needs to be saved,’ according … read more
A large explosion today rocked a major army base in Kawo Kaduna. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that a suicide bomb attack took place at the 1st Mechanised Division. Soldiers have since cordoned off the scene of the explosion barring civilians and … read more
Nigeria’s military has killed eight suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram in a raid on an alleged hideout that sparked a five-hour shootout, an army source said Tuesday. The Monday evening raid on the outskirts of Nigeria’s second city … read more
Nigeria’s senate president on Sunday called for decisive action to stem the deterioration of a security situation which he said had become intolerable in the religiously-divided country. In a statement marking the Muslim festival of Eid-El Maulud, the birth of … read more
Nigeria’s main oil militants operating in Niger Delta region, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) today said its fighters have sabotaged an oil pipeline that belongs to Italian oil company, Agip. The group, which has been silent … read more
Heeding to the directive of the leader of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biaftra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazururike, urging all Igbos to leave the North, hundreds of easterners in Kano, northwest Nigeria flooded motor parks today. Leaders … read more
A 17-year-old girl, Blessing John, has sold her two-week-old baby girl for 20,000 naira (US$128) because she could not cater for her, Nigeria’s local Leadership newspaper reported Sunday. The paper quoted police spokesman in northern Niger State, Mr. Richard Oguche, … read more
Gunmen pretending to be mourners have shot dead a bereaved former local council chair in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northern Borno state, the local press reported Sunday. The report said two men, who joined sympathizers in condoling Lawal Kabu, former … read more
The man widely acclaimed to be the spokesman for Nigeria’s Islamic sect Boko Haram, Abul Qaga, has denied reports by the State Security Service (SSS) that he was arrested on Wednesday. However, the man who said he was Qaga, in … read more
The federal government spent N4.8 billion in 2011 to pay school fees of Nigerian diplomats’ children; this emerged as ministries, departments and parastatals faced lawmakers to defend their annual budget. The House of Representatives foreign affairs committee headed by Nnena … read more