Big Bird and the Cookie Monster have some new friends, but they’re a long way from “Sesame Street.” One of America’s best-loved children’s shows, which began life on a fictional New York street over 40 years ago, is about to … read more
TRANSCRIPT: Regarding his involvement in the bombing of Abuja on Friday October 1st: It is entirely false and the Nigerian government knows this. Asked if he is an influential member of MEND: I won’t say I am an influential member … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan’s political rivals on Tuesday accused him of intimidation and witchhunting as an aide of a former military ruler was questioned over last week’s bomb blasts. Ibrahim Babangida’s campaign chief for the next year’s presidential elections, Raymond Dokpesi, … read more
Nigerian media mogul Raymond Dokpesi, the campaign chief of presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida, has been released from detention by the State Security Service (SSS), the local media reported. Dokpesi, who was invited for questioning early on Monday over Friday’s bombing … read more
The former leader of Nigeria’s armed group has said he was arrested because he refused to tell the group to retract a statement claiming responsibility for last week’s deadly attacks in the capital, Abuja. Henry Okah, currently being held in … read more
THE 2010 Ibrahim Index, on Monday, ranked Nigeria 43rd in governance performance, in a survey involving 53 countries on the continent. The index also ranked Nigeria 13th out of 16 countries in West Africa. According to the index, published by … read more
FOLLOWING the bomb blasts that rocked Abuja during the 50th independence anniversary celebration on Friday, security around the Murtala Muhammed Interna-tional Airport, Lagos, has experienced an upward review. Police personnel from Mobile and Anti-bomb units drafted to the two roads, … read more
Nigeria has rehabilitated more than 5,000 former militants from the oil-rich Niger Delta who embraced a government amnesty last year, an official said on Monday. The presidential adviser on the restive region, Timi Alaibe, told reporters that 5,295 ex-oil “rebels” … read more
Nigerian police named two men as masterminds of two deadly independence day car bombings after President Goodluck Jonathan said a “small terrorist group” based abroad was behind the attacks. Police said Sunday the perpetrators had intended to “commit mass murder” … read more