A newborn baby in Nigeria got added to a government payroll, earning about $150 for the last two or three years, a discovery indicative of the widespread corruption starving the oil-rich West African nation of much needed funds, authorities said … read more
Intelligence reports show there is coordination between the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram and the Algerian-based north African branch of al Qaeda, the Algerian deputy foreign minister said on Sunday. Boko Haram has killed dozens of people in Nigeria, and … read more
Anglo-Dutch energy major Shell said on Sunday it was containing a new oil spill in Nigeria’s onshore delta, the latest in a string of leaks from the company’s pipelines, which it has blamed on sabotage attacks and oil theft. The … read more
Samuel Shoyeju, 53, a UK-based Nigerian and an immigration officer with the UK Border Agency, has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office at the Basildon Crown Court for visa racketeering. According to a report in the Friday issue … read more
Crack Nigerian Army commandos, who just concluded a special training in the United States, have been deployed in the North to combat the terrorist attacks. Our correspondents gathered that the commandos were part of the personnel of the Nigeria Army … read more
Raising the debate on the planned removal of fuel subsidy and the proposed single-tenure for the President to another level, Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to subject the issues to a … read more
Samuel Shoyeju, 53, a UK-based Nigerian and an immigration officer with the UK Border Agency, has pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office at the Basildon Crown Court for visa racketeering. According to a report in the Friday issue … read more
Crack Nigerian Army commandos, who just concluded a special training in the United States, have been deployed in the North to combat the terrorist attacks. Our correspondents gathered that the commandos were part of the personnel of the Nigeria Army … read more
The spate of hostage taking in Nigeria has shot the country into the number four position in global ranking, according to the American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Although the Bureau did not disclose the three countries ahead of Nigeria … read more
Nigeria and China are set to form stronger ties as both countries, on Wednesday, agreed to explore making Nigeria a major manufacturing zone for China’s … key industrial enterprises, according to reports from the Vanguard. Mr. Weng Jieming, the director … read more