Two top United Nations officials on Wednesday condemned Sani Ahmed Yerima’s marriage to a 13-year old Egyptian girl, calling it a sale of a child and against acceptable international practices and relevant conventions of the UN, Empowered Newswire reports. Speaking … read more
Leaders of some disbanded militant groups in the Niger Delta have assured Nigerians of their commitment to the amnesty programme, even as they faulted the recent protest by their followers over their monthly allowance. On Monday, the former militants protested … read more
AGAIN, the United States (U.S.) said yesterday that nothing other than a free, fair and transparent elections should be expected in Nigeria next year. Working on both sides to actualise this, according to the U.S. Under Secretary for Democracy and … read more
NIGERIA and some other African countries have been indicted in the 2010 Amnesty International’s report on the state of human rights all over the world, thus making the countries the world’s worst clime for human rights offences, ranging from forced … read more
An African statesman who shares a political platform with Kofi Annan, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof has condemned homosexuality as an “abomination”, dismissing individuals’ right to privacy with the riposte: “You want to make love to a horse?” Olusegun Obasanjo, … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has set up a team to investigate properties and assets whose means of acquisition cannot be explained by their owners as part of efforts to intensify the fight against graft and stem the … read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Monday that it was not against the president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, if he chooses to contest the 2011 presidential election because he has every right to do so like any other qualified Nigerian. … read more
Two Russian sailors abducted from their ship off Cameroon are in good health and may have been taken by their captors to neighboring Nigeria, said the ship’s owner and the Seafarers’ Union of Russia. Unidentified gunmen raided the Greek-owned cargo … read more
Nigerian security forces arrested 15 suspects after three people were killed in a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence near the flashpoint city of Jos, the army said Sunday. The Muslim Fulani herdsmen died on Saturday in attacks believed to have … read more
Total plc, the French oil giant, will soon invest $7 billion to expand its deep off-shore exploration for oil and gas in Nigeria, according to the French ambassador to Nigeria, Jean-Michel Dumond. And to ensure that the oil industry is … read more