The United States has killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and recovered his body, according to numerous media reports May 1 citing U.S. officials. It is not clear precisely how bin Laden was killed or how his body was … read more
Just when Nigerians were beginning to bask in the euphoria of a possible dawn of a new era following the relative success of the National Assembly elections on April 9, the aftermath of the presidential polls that followed a week … read more
The last of the three-phase general elections, held 26 and 28 April, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this past week. Beginning with the National Assembly (parliamentary) polls on 9 April and the presidential election 16 April, the general elections were … read more
The chief observer of the EU Election Observation Mission in Nigeria, Alojz Peterle, has described the governorship and state assembly elections as smooth and credible. The EU official in a statement to reporters in Abuja on Friday said the Independent … read more
The Nigerian workers are set to troop into the Eagles Square venue of the National May Day Rally, in Abuja, with expectations from President Goodluck Jonathan, to announce the effective take off of the N18,000 minimum wage. Already, the Nigeria … read more
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said killings in the country’s north amid widespread rioting following presidential elections were pre-planned, local media reported on Friday. Several Nigerian newspapers quoted Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate, speaking of pre-planned violence and … read more
It has the look of a war zone, the remains of buildings smouldering, wholesale destruction and hundreds believed dead in this remote area of Nigeria torn apart by last week’s rioting. Nigerians went to the polls again Tuesday for the … read more
The Police in Bayelsa State, Monday, paraded seven suspects arrested with large cache of arms and ammunition. But the suspects claimed they are ex-militants conveying the intercepted arms to the Sector 2 Command of the Joint Task Force to surrender … read more
Four Nigerian political parties have called for the postponement of the gubernatorial election in northeast Bauchi State, less than 48 hours to the election. The parties, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), the Action … read more
NIGERIAN motorists daily face the dilemma of which instruction to abide by regarding the use of tinted motor glasses. It is a case of confusion and exploitation of motorists by law enforcement agents, who have taken advantage of the double … read more