Two men were found dead hours after their arrest in a volatile central Nigerian city, residents said Monday, raising concerns over the military’s use of force days after protesters blamed soldiers for another civilian death in the West African nation. … read more
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the nation’s apex Airport, has come under fire following the breakdown of the airport cooling system which has subjected the travellers to torment. Travellers and airport users have given the airport a new … read more
Nigerian Embassy in The Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, avoided taking a risk, weekend, when the prosecution of a Nigerian-Dutch activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe, by the Netherlands government for alleged pipeline bombing … read more
Up to 100 rusty shipwrecks line Nigeria’s 853km (530-mile) shore, officials say. Some have been stranded for years and they are now being blamed for erosion that threatens homes and livelihoods. The waterfront community at Alpha Beach in Lagos date … read more
A series of explosions rocked a police barracks in northeast Nigeria killing one soldier and three attackers and destroying a building and several cars, police said Sunday, blaming radical Islamists. Gombe State police commissioner Ebikeme Orubebe said the overnight attack … read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has advised the Presidency to cut social spending and jettison its planned fuel subsidy removal to avoid the wrath of Nigerians and save the nation from social uprising. It warned that indices that gave rise … read more
Police in southern Nigeria have raided a purported orphanage where they found 17 pregnant girls, arresting the owner on suspicion of planning to sell their babies, a spokesperson said on Saturday. The owner and a young man “suspected of having … read more
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria, and continues to recommend U.S. citizens avoid all but essential travel to the Niger Delta states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers; the Southeastern … read more
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Friday urged the U.S. to assist Nigeria in training its military and security agencies to address security challenges. Sambo made the appeal when he received the U.S. Deputy Assistant Ambassador, Vickei Huddleston, at the State … read more
Saying that the current regime of subsidies in the pump price of petroleum product in Nigeria is inefficient, corrupt and a waste of scarce national resources, the organized private sector Friday backed President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to discontinue with the … read more