Election campaign chief for Nigeria’s former military ruler, questioned over the independence day bombings, has sued the country’s secret police for harassment, documents showed on Tuesday. Raymond Dokpesi, a campaign director for Ibrahim Babangida has taken the intelligence services to … read more
Nigeria has approved a controversial $2.5bn offer for the country’s main fixed-line telecoms group, but has demanded that the winning consortium come up with a $750m downpayment to secure the sale. The approval follows years of ill-fated efforts to sell … read more
Nigerian 110 metres hurdler Samuel Okon has tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, Games Federation chief Mike Fennell said on Tuesday. Compatriot and women’s 100 metres gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola tested positive for the same substance and was suspended … read more
THERE are strong indications that workers of Mobil Producing Unlimited, Exxon Mobil, may Thursday begin an indefinite strike over alleged non-compliance of management to the National Content Act and other applicable laws on expatriate staff as well as systematic easing … read more
Amnesty International, a global human rights body, has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the use of firearms by security forces that left at least one person dead and a … read more
Two-time former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, will have a date with history on October 17. That is the day that a United Arab Emirates, UAE, court will rule on whether or not he should be extradited to … read more
Barely one week after suspected kidnappers abducted two men in front of the Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, another abduction was pulled off, on Monday at the state capital by four gunmen. The victim, a Lebanese engineer with Roy Construction Company, supervising … read more
He can move the oil price, give warning of car bombs and shape the political battle for control of Africa’s biggest energy producer. Yet the most remarkable thing about Jomo Gbomo, spokesman for the militants of Nigeria’s oil province, is … read more
Nigerians have reacted variously to Friday’s jailing of top Nigeria banker Cecilia Ibru for abuse of office and mismanagement of depositors’ fund, after she reversed her non-guilty plea and cut a deal with the anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission … read more
Commonwealth Games women’s 100m winner Osayemi Oludamola, who claimed gold when Australia’s Sally Pearson was controversially disqualified for false-starting, has failed a dope test, a report said Monday. The Sydney Morning Herald said a senior Games anti-doping official confirmed the … read more