Nigeria risks social unrest in the coming years unless the oil-rich nation takes advantage of its resources and creates jobs for its swelling youth population, a report released on Wednesday warned. The report commissioned by the British Council said Africa’s … read more
Heavy rains in recent weeks have killed at least three people and displaced thousands in northern Nigeria where entire villages have been submerged and farms destroyed, officials said Wednesday. “We lost a whole village and its crop fields to the … read more
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it’s on course for holding the presidential election in January. An exact date is expected to be announced this week by the INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. Analysts say the commission has a … read more
Nigeria needs $5 billion annually over the next 10 years in order to achieve stable power supply in line with the Vision 20:2020. Barth Nnaji, special adviser to the president on power and chairman of the presidential task force on … read more
Domestic passengers in their thousands were on Wednesday left stranded at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), Lagos by Arik Air, as the carrier could not fly the travellers to their destinations after being grounded by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency … read more
Nigeria’s government locked out hundreds of workers who showed up late in the capital on Tuesday as part of efforts to instill discipline among notoriously nonchalant civil servants. Doors were locked at 8:30 am — the official, if widely ignored, … read more
Sometime in the next five months, Nigeria will probably have a presidential election. But as the likely deadline looms, there is no election date, no list of candidates and not even a real list of voters in a country of … read more
The much awaited enforcement of laws regulating the operations of commercial motorcyclists otherwise known as Okada riders commences today in Lagos State. LEADERSHIP investigation carried out on Tuesday revealed that officers of the state task force have already detailed its … read more
All those who took bribes in awarding the contract for Africa’s first liquefied natural gas plant will soon be charged to court, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, said yesterday in Abuja. He said … read more
Exciting times are in the offing for telecommunications consumers, as some firms are beginning to take advantage of the enormous bandwidth capacity on offer from new fibre-optic cable systems which are rolling out in the country to strengthen existing services … read more