A car exploded late on Sunday at a mechanic workshop in Yenagoa, oil rich Nigeria’s Bayelsa State capital,eyewitness said on Monday. Although no casualty was reported, the incident drew the attention of observers as it occurred on INEC Street where … read more
Workers in the Nigerian civil service, under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), on Friday gave the Federal Government notice that they would would embark on a five-day warning strike from Monday following “government’s indifference to their demands … read more
New Nigerian pay television network NN24 will launch 24-hour news coverage from Monday, styling itself on US broadcaster CNN in a first for the West African country, it said. The Lagos-based channel has a partnership deal with CNN International and … read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the government of the United Kingdom to revoke the visa issued to Sani Yerima, a former governor of Zamfara State and a serving senator at heart of a scandal involving his … read more
The Federal Government has asked the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to desist from airing a documentary on Nigeria which portrayed the city of Lagos as a slum. The documentary entitled, “Welcome to Lagos,” was broadcast on BBC2 in the United … read more
CONFUSION is said to be reigning in the camp of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, following disagreements over the next step to take on the ailing leader. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune indicated that members of the cabal around the ailing … read more
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has alerted the police in the country’s capital over a plot to kill four journalists, urging adequate security for them and their families, officials said Saturday. The petition by the NUJ to the Abuja police … read more
The marriage took place at one of the Nigerian capital’s most recognizable landmarks, under the golden dome of the National Mosque in front of an audience of the elite. But the recent wedding of one of the Muslim leaders who … read more
Cheeks are still flushed and wine glasses still raised at the dumping of Maurice Iwu, Nigeria’s criticised elections chief. Accused of presiding over five years of massive electoral fraud, he is widely despised. Elections are barely a year away in … read more
SHELL says it is not true that its facility was attacked in Buguma on Thursday night as alleged by a group, Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) in an online mail to media men. In telephone chat on the allegation, Spokesman of … read more