President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to elect presidents and state governors to a single, longer term has sparked debate and considerable backlash. Nigeria’s president and 36 state governors can currently be elected for a maximum of two four-year terms. President Jonathan … read more
Five militants escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s main oil-hub Port Harcourt on Sunday by using their metal beds as ladders to climb over the walls, a spokesman for the prison said. Militants, who say they are fighting for a … read more
A total of 18,163 ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have been trained at the Post-Amnesty Training Camp in Obubra, Cross River. The camp’s Commandant, Frederick Anesah, told newsmen in Obubra on Sunday that the number includes members in the … read more
What started around 2006 in the far-flung North East zone of the country as a child’s play, has become a national disgrace and of international concern. The emergence of a deadly group, whose activities assumed a worrisome dimension in 2009, … read more
The chicken came home to roost last Thursday on the doorsteps of the Nigerian state. If you were ever in any need of evidence about how Nigerian governments, both military and democratic, have betrayed the Nigerian people over the years … read more
Residents of violence-wracked Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday accused soldiers of killing a seven-year old girl in a bid to disperse a crowd scrambling for free grains. “People had gathered to collect grains brought by some relief organisations and … read more
The damning UN report on pollution in Ogoniland, nationalisation of three banks and President Goodluck Jonathan’s ‘thumbs down’ for government privatisation programme got big media play in Nigeria this week. ‘UN: Cleaning up Ogoniland Pollution Could Take 30 Years,’ according … read more
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that delay in issuance of traveling visas would soon be a thing of the past. It has also directed all foreign missions in Nigeria to provide comfortable accommodations for visa applicants. The Chinese Embassy, … read more
The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), Mutiu Sunmonu, has described oil spills in the country’s Niger Delta region as a tragedy, which the company takes very seriously. In an open letter on the oil … read more
The Nigerian government Friday announced the take-over of three banks which were yet to sign the Transaction Implementation Agreements (TIAs) with investors aimed at injecting funds to capitalize them. Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Lawal Nngama, named the … read more