Ekiti State Government has declared Monday as public holiday to mark the 18th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election which was won by the late Chief Moshood Abiola. Activities lined up by the state government to mark the … read more
Nigeria’s former parliament speaker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to 16 counts of fraud, the first charges in a case involving the alleged diversion of tens of millions of dollars. Dimeji Bankole, one of the most powerful politicians in the … read more
The Nigerian Government has announced new plans for biometric registration of its citizens that would be stored in a central database and yield biometric identity cards and a nine-digit unique identification number for each citizen, according to an All Africa … read more
At least 30 un-employed licensed Nigerian pilots and engineers, yesterday, stormed the office of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft and Pilots ( NAAPE) protesting the influx of expatriates in the country’s aviation industry. The protesters, who demonstrated within the airport … read more
Nigerian authorities say assailants gunned down a prison warden in the same city where multiple blasts killed 15 people just over a week ago. The Bauchi State police spokesperson Mohammed Barau said gunmen shot Ibrahim Ali in front of his … read more
Nigerian anti-graft police on Sunday arrested the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives Dimeji Bankole over alleged financial impropriety, just two days after his tenure ended. “The former speaker will remain in custody to enable him to have sufficient … read more
Nigeria has reacted with anger to the news that world soccer’s governing body FIFA is probing last Wednesday’s friendly against Argentina in the capital city of Abuja over alleged match-fixing. Concerns were raised about betting patterns, specifically before the final … read more
Nigeria’s major emergency relief agency Sunday warned that predicted unprecedented rainfall and heavy flooding this year posed a serious threat to food security in Africa’s most populous nation. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in a statement warned food crops … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is committing over $3 billion to domestic gas projects which will help boost economic growth in the country and end gas flaring. Specifically, the gas from the projects will provide feed stocks to the power … read more
Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, experienced another moment of terror on Sunday as factions within the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) engaged in a sustained gun battle, killing 20 people, including a pastor. Just … read more