Police Arrest Boko Haram Financier in Maiduguri A suspected financier of the outlaw Islamic sect Boko Haram, Alhaji Bunu Wakil, has been arrested in Maiduguri with 91 other suspects during a routine check. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji … read more
Nigeria plans to announce new power tariffs by April under a state plan to attract investors to the industry, a top official said. The task force has started consultations to determine the level of tariffs that will enable investors to … read more
Politics not religion lie behind much of the violence in Nigeria in recent weeks, undermining President Goodluck Jonathan’s election campaign and raising the prospect of further unrest as polling day nears. A wave of violence rocked Africa’s most populous nation … read more
Barely 48 hours to the Delta State gubernatorial re-run election, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ughelli, Ughelli north local government area, was yesterday razed down by suspected militants in the state. The blast, which occurred … read more
The authorities of the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday declared that the military option is still open in its efforts to resolve the current political crisis in Côte D’Ivoire. ECOWAS Commission president, James … read more
A Nigerian opposition party on Tuesday confirmed ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate for April elections, set to be the most fiercely contested since the return to democracy 12 years ago. The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) ratified … read more
Cash-driven piracy and militant attacks against oil installations are likely to increase this year in Nigeria’s oil delta after the April elections, private maritime risk analysts warned Monday. Although fewer cases of piracy were recorded in 2010 in Nigerian waters … read more
Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday took the federal government to task over the series of deadly violence that has hit Africa’s most populous nation in recent times, asking: ‘Is anyone still in charge of Nigeria?’ … read more
The Presidency has reacted angrily to news report on Al Jazeera which claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan has blamed the New Year’s Eve attack on Abuja on Islamic extremist sect, Boko Haram as an outright lie. A Presidency statement signed … read more
United States Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Fox News that FBI agents have been dispatched to help the Nigerian government investigate the deadly bombing that struck an army barracks in the country’s capital on New Year’s Eve. Napolitano spoke … read more