Acting Scribe of the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Owei Lakemfa said in the northern city of Kaduna Wednesday that the congress would not spare any of the 36 state governors who fails to pay the minimum wage. Mr. Lakemfa … read more
Bomb explosion in a bustling part of Maiduguri metropolis in northern Nigeria killed eight persons and injured many. Though the military declined commenting on the blast, eyewitnesses said the attack was done in a characteristic akin to attacks by Islamic … read more
Organised labour yesterday resolved to continue with the three- day warning strike planned to start today nationwide,despite continued persuasion by the federal and state governments to call it off. The strike is to protest refusal to implement the N18,000 minimum … read more
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said yesterday that Britain would support Nigeria in its anti-terrorism security after a string of deadly bombings across the country. Cameron, who arrived Nigeria yesterday, said at a media conference with President Goodluck Jonathan in … read more
Five Nigerian police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges that they killed the leader of a radical Islamic sect two years ago. The officers were charged Tuesday at a court in the capital, Abuja, with “unlawfully killing” Mallam Mohammed … read more
A UK-based anti-child abuse charity organisation, AFRUCA, is working with UK groups to make branding of African children as witches a criminal offence in the United Kingdom. AFRUCA Founder and Director, Debbie Ariyo, who disclosed this in London over the … read more
An explosion near a police convoy in northern Nigeria on Friday is the latest in a surge of attacks that officials attributed to an Islamic militant group that appears to be gaining in strength despite a government crackdown. An improvised … read more
Nigerian Islamists blamed for a raft of bombings will not halt their attacks unless troops are withdrawn from the epicentre of the violence, a man claiming to be their spokesman said Wednesday. “We can cease fire if soldiers are withdrawn … read more
Boko Haram yesterday struck back across northern Nigeria with explosions in Maiduguri that wounded two soldiers, and another blast in a church in Niger State. The sect, apparently responding to the attacks by men of the Joint Military Task Force … read more
Floods triggered by a heavy downpour this week killed at least 20 people in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos, emergency services officials said on Tuesday. “Not less than 20 people including children were killed in the Lagos flooding on Sunday,” … read more