Nigeria’s acting President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-militant leaders are to meet in the coming days amid threats of renewed violence in the oil-rich south. Activists say the Nigerian government is not keeping the promises it made during an amnesty period … read more
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 2 April (Good Friday) and Monday, 5 April (Easter Monday) as public holidays in accordance with the Christian calendar. Interior Ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr. Dere Awosika, who made the announcement on behalf of the … read more
The meeting between Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and some of the militants who have embraced the government’s amnesty programme did not hold as planned in the capital city of Abuja Friday, and no reason was given for that. The … read more
The US Navy is currently training 21 Nigerian Navy officers and ratings as well as 15 staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the modalities for securing the nation’s maritime boundary. According to the Nigerian Navy … read more
Nigeria’s Nobel laureate in literature Wole Soyinka on Friday slammed poor implementation of the much billed government amnesty exercise for militants in the restive Niger Delta. Around 20,000 fighters laid down arms by October last after President Umaru Yar’Adua offered … read more
Our acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, had his hands full this past week, and mostly, it had to do with the appointment of his new ministerial cabinet. As a man who hardly talks, Mr. Jonathan has left the nation to divine … read more
Pirates late Thursday attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, near Lagos, injuring three crew members, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anatolian reported yesterday. According to the agency report, about 10 pirates with automatic weapons boarded the ship … read more
Nigeria is among African states where democracy remains “fragile or tenuous”, according to the United States Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Johnnie Carson. Carsonsaid this when he appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and … read more
In Nigeria today, the fear of kidnappers is the beginning of wisdom for most prominent Nigerians and their immediate families. But in recent times, the abduction trend has taken a more frightening dimension as nobody is free from the onslaught … read more
Ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua failed to appear at the Friday Jumat service in Abuja today, dousing tension in the political and security quarters of the federal capital that he will be ending his four months absence from public space by … read more