Gunmen have shot and critically wounded two aides to a governor in northern Nigeria, officials said Monday, with violence in the region already building ahead of January elections. A security aide and a political assistant to Bauchi state governor Isa … read more
Assessment of damage from crude spills in part of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger River delta is being hindered by “angry mobs,” an official of the United Nations Environment Program said. Work in the Gokana local government area, one of four councils … read more
There is controversy in Nigeria about the identity of a man linked to the president who was kidnapped and freed in a dramatic rescue over the weekend. Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, a key political ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, was abducted … read more
Violence targeting politicians and their aides appears to be increasing in northern Nigeria as next year’s elections draw closer in Africa’s most populous nation. Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot and killed a personal assistant to Bauchi state Gov. Malam Isa … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday laid out plans to privatise most of the country’s power sector, with corruption and mismanagement leading to daily outages in the oil-rich nation. “We need a revolution in the power sector,” Jonathan said in what … read more
Nigeria’s National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the umbrella group for the country’s electricity workers, Thursday called off its nationwide strike, which started We dnesday, after reaching an agreement with the federal government. NUEE Spokesman Temple Iworima Owirima told journalists … read more
Members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect appeared to have resorted to guerrilla warfare as they waylaid and shot dead three policemen in Damaturu and Maiduguri, centres of the deadly violence sparked by the group in July last year. In … read more
WHAT a few months ago, many regarded as a welcome road infrastructural development on the 49.4 kilometre Lekki-Epe Expressway, on the outskirts of Lagos has now become a subject or raging controversy Neither the residents and motorists who were witnesses … read more
Electricity workers in Nigeria on Wednesday lauched an indefinite strike over wages, a day ahead of a major speech by President Goodluck Jonathan on reforming the ailing power sector. “We began the indefinite strike today in protest against government failure … read more
A former militant accused of helping rig 2007 elections in Nigeria is believed to have been shot dead in an ambush, police said Wednesday, sparking fears of unrest before upcoming polls. Armoured vehicles were deployed in Port Harcourt, the nation’s … read more