Nigeria has confirmed some 98 percent fewer cases of polio compared with last year, the UN Foundation said on Monday, while pledging another 60 million dollars for further vaccines. The foundation, started with a huge donation from US media mogul … read more
Nigeria’s anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has published a list of politicians who should be barred by their parties from contesting next year’s general elections, because they are facing corruption charges. The local media reported Monday that the … read more
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members in Lagos zone to embark on an indefinite strike tomorrow over an alleged industrial dispute with management of Chevron Nigeria Limited. THISDAY gathered that the decision … read more
Following Sunday’s mishap in which 15 passengers aboard Aero flight AJ320 were injured when the airline made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, the management, yesterday, attributed the development to humidity and warm air mixing which … read more
Soldiers in Ikom, Cross River State, are mourning the death of three of their colleagues killed in a fresh communal clash in Boki local government area. The soldiers were among the 13 persons killed, at the last count, as reported … read more
Suspected Islamist sect members on Sunday attacked a police station in northern Nigeria, leading to a gun battle with officers, authorities said, in the latest such incident in recent months. An unknown number of suspected members of the Boko Haram … read more
The federal government has said it is committed to increasing electricity generation to 10,000 megawatts by the end of 2011 and 30,000 megawatts by 2020. Vice President Namadi Sambo said this in the United kingdom yesterday at an event marking … read more
Shell is about to sell its shares in four large oil fields in Nigeria. The British newspaper the Sunday Times says they are likely to be sold to a consortium led by former BP head John Browne. The papers says … read more
The United States of America has faulted the handling of the October 1, 2010 bomb blasts in Abuja by the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonatghan. While also expressing worry over the 2011 elections, the United States of America said the President … read more
Nigeria has faulted the decision by an international ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, to lower the nation’s sovereign credit outlook to negative last Friday, giving it a BB-minus, which is about three notches below investment grade. The agency’s sovereign ratings analyst, … read more