The Federal Government Thursday bared the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), ministers and service chiefs from using vehicles with tinted glasses Only the president, vice-president, senate president, deputy senate president, Speaker of the House of Representatives, deputy speaker and governors … read more
Suspected Islamists have killed two policemen in attacks in northern Nigeria in the past four days, police officers said Thursday, the latest in a spate of such incidents that have left dozens dead. The attackers shot one policeman at his … read more
South African police have raided the prison cell of a man accused of orchestrating deadly bombings in Nigeria after authorities there said he had threatened new attacks, media said Thursday. Police seized cell phones, chargers, a map and papers with … read more
Nigeria condemned the Libyan authorities for the use of “unrestrained force” against protesters, and demanded an immediate end to the violence, local media said Thursday. Nigeria also joined governments around the world on Wednesday in sending planes and ships to … read more
An Iranian arms shipment seized in Nigeria last year, which Tehran says was part of a legitimate trade deal with Gambia, was illegally exported regardless of its destination, Nigeria’s foreign minister said. Nigeria reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council … read more
Any military intervention in Ivory Coast would need to be U.N.-led and would be more likely to involve an aerial and naval blockade than deploying troops to its cities, Nigeria’s foreign minister said on Thursday. West African regional bloc ECOWAS, … read more
Nigerian Army is considering the request of the Presidential Amnesty Office to recruit a number of transformed Niger Delta ex-militants into the Army, according to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika. Lt.-General Ihejirika disclosed this while … read more
The umbrella Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has named a panel to probe corruption allegations against the country’s top two judges, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Aloysius Katsina-Alu and President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) Ayo Salami. The probe panel, … read more
Nigeria has spent more than $27 billion from its oil-windfall savings account in three years, significantly eroding the total and putting the financial health of Africa’s most populous country and biggest oil producer under scrutiny ahead of April presidential elections. … read more
Troops in an area of Nigeria hit by repeated attacks blamed on Islamists have killed three gunmen in a shootout and uncovered a cache of weapons in separate incidents, the military said Sunday. Both the shootout and the discovery of … read more