Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the Nigerian government to pay US$65,000 in damages to the family of the slain founder of extremist Islamist group, Boko Haram. HRW, a United States human rights lobby group said the government must also … read more
Following the outbreak of fresh crises in Kafanchan and Zonkwa yesterday, Nigeria’s Kaduna State government has imposed a 24 hour curfew in the affected areas in the southern part of state. From what P.M.News gathered this evening, the crises in … read more
Royal Dutch Shell’s failure to mop up two oil spills in the Niger Delta has caused huge suffering to locals whose fisheries and farmland were poisoned, and it must pay $1 billion to start cleaning up the region, Amnesty International … read more
Nigeria’s secret police on Wednesday detained a youth leader organising a protest over a government proposal to remove fuel subsidies, which would result in higher pump prices, his organisation said. The head of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Wale … read more
United States Embassy in Nigeria Wednesday released a security update which relaxed the emergency warning it issued at the weekend in which it warned US citizens to avoid certain luxury hotels in Abuja. The security update is coming on the … read more
FOLLOWING the seizure of a Malta flagged vessel by pirates in Nigeria, the International Maritime Organisation, (IMO) has warned vessels owners on the danger of sailing to Nigeria. Confirming the development the influential International Maritime Bureau (IMB) stated, weekend, that … read more
5 die in clashes by rival cult gangs in Nigerian city. The Police in Nigeria’s South South Bayelsa State have confirmed the death of five persons following clashes by rival cult gangs. The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Hilary Opara, said … read more
The US army provided counter-insurgency training to Nigerian troops battling a rise in attacks by Islamist militants, the Nigerian military has revealed. More than 100 people have been killed in recent days by the radical Muslim sect Boko Haram, dubbed … read more
Authorities say 16 people are dead in Nigeria after two buses crashed head-on into each other on a highway. Sunday Maku of the Federal Road Safety Commission told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the collision happened after one of … read more
Nigeria’s national security adviser on Monday dismissed a weekend warning from the United States of an Islamist bomb threat to luxury hotels in the capital as “not news,” and said it was spreading unnecessary panic. The U.S. embassy warned its … read more