The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, rested its submissions against a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Nafada who are being prosecuted before a High Court of … read more
Few terrorism experts would deny that a radical Islamist sect that has made a series of increasingly audacious attacks in Nigeria, including the bombing of U.N. headquarters in Africa’s most populous nation this summer, is a growing threat. What isn’t … read more
Despite campaigns to stop HIV transmission, more than 70,000 newborn children still contract the virus from their mothers through delivery. Director general of the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), John Idoko, has attributed the problem to mothers not … read more
The global terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, is planning a “wave of abductions” of Westerners in the Sahel, the Algerian secret service agency has said. According to a report in Algeria’s most widely read newspaper, el-Khabar, the country’s secret service, the Department … read more
Nigeria’s Islamist Boko Haram sect was responsible for a string of weekend bombings targeting government buildings and churches in Geidam in the northeast, its purported spokesman said Monday. Abul Qaqa, who claims to speak for Boko Haram, said in an … read more
Nigeria has withdrawn $2 billion from its crude oil savings for ‘various projects’ and distributed more money in October to the three tiers of government than the previous month, the minister of state for finance said on Monday. Yerima Ngama … read more
Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim soldiers have killed at least 45 ethnic Berom Christians in Plateau state in the past week, Christians in this northern-central Nigerian town said. Smaller attacks beginning on Nov. 20, reportedly over allegations by Fulani … read more
Chukwemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the military leader of the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria’s 1967-70 civil war, died Saturday after a long fight for health following a stroke, his family said. More than 1 million people are estimated to have … read more
Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has sharply criticised the federal government after a phone-in programme scheduled for South-west Osun state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, on the federal government-owned Radio Nigeria was suddenly cancelled on Saturday. Osun state … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan today stunned his critics when he fired Mrs Farida Waziri, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati said, “This is evidence of Mr President’s determination to revitalise the fight against corruption.” The … read more