Nigerians may witness another round of fuel crisis as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) Tuesday directed its Petrol Tanker Drivers’ section (PTD) to suspend the loading of petrol in all the tank farms across the … read more
A bomb exploded at the premises of the Taraba Ministry of Finance on Monday, destroying part of the building and damaging valuable items. The bomb exploded at about 8.45 a.m. when workers were resuming for work after the weekend break. … read more
A spokesman for the Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected a call by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for talks and threatened fresh attacks, if captured members of his group were not freed. “They should expect imminent attacks on Sokoto [a … read more
The radical Islamist group has dominated headlines in recent weeks following a series of attacks that targeted Muslims and Christians in oil-rich Nigeria. But the ferocity of the attacks has sparked doubts about whether the group was the real mastermind … read more
Gunmen suspected of being members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram attacked a police station in Nigeria’s Kano state on Friday, police and witnesses said, leading to more than an hour of running gun battles. Kano state and its capital … read more
When Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged the militant Boko Haram Islamist group to identify themselves days after a series of deadly attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, quite a few Nigerians were puzzled. Jonathan noted that if the … read more
Gunmen kidnapped a German citizen working on a construction site in Nigeria’s second city of Kano on Thursday, the police commissioner said, the latest violence to hit the city plagued by Islamist insurgents for weeks. “We got a report today … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday fired Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Hafiz Ringim and replaced him, in an acting capacity, with Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police. A statement from the presidency in the capital city of Abuja quoted … read more
Boko Haram militants from Nigeria are bolstering links with al-Qaeda and other hardline groups in West Africa, according to a UN report released on Wednesday which highlighted the growing concerns of the region’s governments. Attacks, detentions of accused militants, seizures … read more
A security analyst says dismissed police chief General Hariz Ringim is not to blame for the failure of Nigeria’s security agencies to curb the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram. Major (retired) Yahya Shunku says the replaced … read more