NIGERIA’s government vowed to stick to its decision to end fuel subsidies as protests against the doubling of fuel costs mounted yesterday, with workers vowing to shut ports and oil operations in Africa’s largest crude producer. While it was a … read more
Two bomb blasts shook the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday, and a gun battle in another town killed at least one civilian, police said, the first uptick in violence since President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency … read more
Tension heightened in the country yesterday, as the organised labour advised Nigerians to stockpile food stuff and other essential basic needs ahead of its planned nationwide strike on Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in a communiqué issued at the … read more
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said Tuesday it has shut down 70,000 barrels per day of oil production after thieves attacked a pipeline to draw off oil in southern Nigeria. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC), the company’s subsidiary in Nigeria, said … read more
The National Mirror reports that suspected Ijaw militants besieged the highway as early as 6am, halting the free flow of traffic on the strategic road, which serves as the gateway to the heart of the South-South and some parts of … read more
Barring any last minute reversal of Nigeria’s Federal Government decision to remove subsidy on fuel, the organised labour has fixed January 11 for the commencement of a nationwide strike. Similarly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday declined comments on the … read more
The number of people who died in the New Year’s eve communal violence in Nigeria’s South-Eastern state of Ebonyi has increased to 67 after the discovery of more bodies, the local Nation newspaper reported Monday. The paper said youths combing … read more
PROTESTS broke out in different parts of the country on Monday, as labour unions threatened to paralyse the country over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. In Lagos, Ilorin, Kano, Abuja and other cities, there were protests … read more
Southern Nigerians could take up arms to fight northern Boko Haram Islamists, and are holding back only out of respect for the president, a former militant leader from the oil-rich Niger Delta said on Monday. Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a Muslim who … read more
Minority Christians in the north Nigerian town of Damatura are fleeing to the south of the country after being told to get out by militant Islamists. They have been given three days by the Boko Haram group to leave after … read more