The United States President Barack Obama has acknowledged Nigeria’s leadership role in Africa, saying the country is critical to the survival of the continent. “Nigeria is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it … read more
A regional ministerial aviation security conference opened in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja Monday, with the US saying information sharing by all countries was the key to combating terrorism. US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said all the countries of … read more
The new head of Nigeria’s state-run oil firm NNPC said on Monday he would create a “war room” to resolve the gas shortage problem plaguing the OPEC member’s power plants. Shehu Ladan, NNPC’s general managing director appointed by Acting President … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan arrived the United States of America yesterday morning for a four-day official working visit during which he would participate in the international Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama. Jonathan, according to a … read more
Tension yesterday gripped some states of the Niger Delta region over the alarm raised by Joint Military Task Force (JTF) over the plot by some aggrieved ex-militant leaders to attack oil facilities operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). … read more
A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) weekend faulted the claims by some politicians in Bayelsa State that the Economic and Finacial Crime Commissions (EFCC) was politically motivated to investigate the alleged diversion of … read more
Another massacre was avoided in Jos yesterday, when an attack on a village in the suburb of the city by suspected Fulani herdsmen failed. The bandits, who targeted homes in Kuru Jenta village, located south of Jos, the Plateau State … read more
Dozens of doctors at a leading hospital in Nigeria’s southern Edo state ended a four-day strike and returned to work on Saturday after a colleague was freed by kidnappers, the group’s spokesman said. More than 50 doctors from the main … read more
Throughout the long years of colonialism and military rule in Nigeria, democratic aspiration was a constant and powerful driver of political change. Military governments derived their legitimacy in large part from the promise that they were preparing the nation for … read more
Doctors in the southern Nigerian state of Edo have gone on strike to protest at the kidnapping of a colleague. The director of a hospital in Benin City was abducted by unknown gunmen while he was on his way home … read more