Nigerian police have arrested 164 people after a recent massacre near the central city of Jos and plan to charge most with offences ranging from terrorism to arson, authorities said on Sunday. “In its resolve to deal decisively with perpetrators … read more
Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will nominate a new ministerial team by early next week, and is likely to reappoint around half the cabinet he has just sacked, presidency sources said on Thursday. Fast appointment of the ministers could do … read more
Port Harcourt witnessed another electrical accident on Friday afternoon when about 32 electric poles collapsed along Oginigba – Azuabie Road, Trans-Amadi, during a rainstorm. No casualty was reported in the incident, which happened 35 days after a similar occurrence which … read more
As Nigerians await the list of new ministers being considered by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, indications are rife that the core loyalists of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua are plotting a fight back by muzzling the attempt to reconstitute the … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan’s consolidation of his grip on power is drawing applause from the United States of America which says his efforts are easing a political crisis that once fanned fears of instability in the country. Assistant Secretary of … read more
If the popular militia group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), needed an excuse to snap out of the post-amnesty lull, then Emmanuel Uduaghan, the Delta State governor, gave them an ample dose. It was Mr. … read more
Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan has consolidated his grip on power, easing a political crisis that fanned fears of instability in Africa’s most populous nation, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said Washington … read more
The Nigerian military said on Friday oil thieves had sabotaged an oil pipeline at Buguma in the Niger Delta and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said it was investigating. “There was an attack on a pipeline early this morning around Buguma … read more
Switzerland has halted special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died on the tarmac at Zurich airport. Swiss police say they had shackled the 29-year-old man, who was being forcibly deported along with 15 … read more
The US State Department has flatly denied a newspaper report that alleged President Barrack Obama is preparing American troops for a “special intervention” in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the State Department, it said “we have done nothing to … read more