May 29, 2011, marked the longest period of time beginning 1999, that Nigeria will have run consecutively on a civil, democratic, setting since independence 50 years ago, in 1960. After years of turmoil, including a devastating civil war lasting three … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has signed into law a bill specifying punishment for denial of free access to information or destruction of public documents, his office said Tuesday. The bill, which has generated heated controversy in the past five years, spells … read more
The death toll from Friday night’s ‘thank you’ party by departing Governor Bukola Saraki of Nigeria’s central Kwara state has risen to 25, the local media reported Sunday. The state government however put the death toll at 2, while the … read more
An early morning bomb explosion along Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, created apprehension among the residents of the city yesterday. The explosion occurred on a day the Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika, confirmed that 13 people … read more
Imagine a scenario where a bomb exploded in Abuja on Democracy Day. It is hard to fathom the sheer terror or the ensuing chaos of trying to call for help and not being able to get through to anyone. Or … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has started appointing his new administration, a team which will be closely watched for its ability to drive badly-needed reform in Africa’s most populous nation. Jonathan named former Senate president Anyim Pius Anyim as secretary to the … read more
The police in Akwa Ibom are keeping two brothers in custody for the kidnap and sale of their three-year-old nephew even. The uncle of the child, Israel Nkereuwem Asuquo, who lived with the child and his parents in the same … read more
AS President Good Jonathan was yesterday swore in for a four -year tenure, workers in the nation’s Petroleum industry have called on the President to ensure among other things, an end to importation of petroleum products and gas flaring in … read more
Hackers attacked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) website forcing it to be shut down on Wednesday. The Nigerian hacker group, NaijaCyberHactivists commenced the cyber attack on an agency set up to develop the region in response to the government’s … read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said that there was no going back from the implementation of its earlier released “Industry policy on retail cash collection and lodgment” which imposes restrictions on daily cash deposits and withdrawals either by … read more