A mob angered by the death of a man who had been in police custody rioted Sunday in a Nigerian town, leaving one person dead after authorities opened fire and three buildings burnt, police said. The riots occurred in the … read more
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Sunday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is covertly buying up voters’ cards from unsuspecting members of the public. The CNPP, which made the allegation in a statement issued by its … read more
SaharaReporters has learnt from several authoritative sources that Nigeria’s ruler, Goodluck Jonathan, is seeking a deal with the UK and United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow former Governor James Ibori of Delta State to return to Nigeria. A source within … read more
Officials say that Nigeria has revoked the bid of a consortium that offered a total of $2.5 million for a majority stake in the failed state-run telephone company. Chukwuma Nwokoh, a spokesman for Nigeria’s Bureau of Public Enterprises, told The … read more
Gunmen attacked a police station and a bank in northern Nigeria on Thursday, leaving four people dead and one of the assailants’ hands blown off when a bomb he was holding exploded, police said. The simultaneous attacks occurred in the … read more
Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday approved the country’s first anti-terrorism act, giving law enforcers greater powers to detain and prosecute suspects and judges more guidance on handing down punishments. President Goodluck Jonathan pledged in January to aid a speedy passage of … read more
Angry farmers under the aegis of Bayelsa Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative Union, on Thursday in Yenagoa, held Fraizer Okuoro, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, hostage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that the farmers, armed with … read more
Whether the voters’ registration exercise has ended or not is not the issue many Nigerians are talking about these days. The concerns about that exercise are largely about the huge sums spent on its execution compared to the number of … read more
A UK-based subsidiary of the US engineering and oil services giant Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) is to pay £7m to settle a case with the Serious Fraud Office connected to bribery and corruption involving its parent company in Nigeria. … read more
Cameroonian hostages seized earlier this month in the southwest Bakassi region were freed Wednesday, the government announced. “The hostages have been freed today,” government spokesman and Communications Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary confirmed. A press conference will be held on Thursday … read more