Lagos State, in collaboration with the state police command, is all set to beef up its security base as part of efforts to check the rising wave of crime. State commissioner of police, Yakub Alkhali, who made the revelation at … read more
The UN is said to be planning a close monitoring of the clean-up of the Ogoni oil spill in Nigeria as recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in its report last week, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting … read more
Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha served as the right-hand man of Nigeria’s feared and final military dictator, suppressing dissent through fear and once boasting of even having a “license to kill.” Now, after nearly 14 years in prison, he’s finally facing trial … read more
Gunmen killed five people and wounded four others in a nighttime attack on a rural village in central Nigeria, leaving the dead mutilated with machete wounds in a region where ethnic and religious violence stirs easily. Meanwhile, authorities said two … read more
Nigeria is a crowded place — it’s the most populous nation in Africa, with about 155 million people. That huge population is a concern, and in the past 20 years, the birth rate has barely changed, according to the country’s … read more
Africa may have its second nuclear power station within years. The first one was built in South African Republic in 1984, while the second station in planned in Nigeria. Russia is likely to run the project. The sides have already … read more
For years, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been behind kidnappings and attacks on energy industry targets inside Nigeria. MEND first emerged in late 2005, when it took credit for bombing a Shell oil pipeline … read more
Fishermen and communities along the Atlantic coastline in Akwa Ibom State have urged the management of Mobil Producing Nigeria to accept responsibility for oil spills in the area. The groups were reacting on Monday to Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) … read more
Nigeria’s security service is investigating the authenticity of a video released last week which appeared to show a Briton and his Italian colleague saying they had been kidnapped by al Qaeda, Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru told Reuters on Monday. The … read more
Nothing less than 4 million girls in Nigeria do not attend schools, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Haijya Zainab Maina, said in a statement released on Sunday. The statement, which was signed by Saghir el-Mohammed, the ministry’s … read more