The Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved special remunerations and allowances as retirement benefits for former leaders. But, it warned that ex-leaders who snatched power through unconstitutional means will not benefit from the new package. Handing down the warning while approving … read more
Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched in this Nigerian city on Thursday to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it. The demonstration in the flashpoint … read more
US embassy slams ‘horrific’ Nigerian massacre The United States embassy Friday slammed as “horrific” this week’s massacre of more than 100 people in a central Nigerian state prone to sectarian violence. “The death and destruction is horrific and the American … read more
With a net worth of $2.1 billion, billionaire businessman Alhaji Aliko Dangote is the only Nigerian that made it to this year’s listing of 500 richest men by Forbes Magazine. His fellow Nigerian on the list last year, Mr. Femi … read more
Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday in this country’s capital, piling political pressure on a government that is already reeling from a leadership shakeup and deadly violence in a nearby city. The demonstrations in the Nigerian capital of Abuja took aim … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)which was resposible for over 75 per cent of gas to thermal stations across the country said it is temporarily closing Sapele and Oben gas plants as part of the re-commissioning of the Trans … read more
As the leadership crisis thrown up by Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua’s illness continues, former military leader Muhammadu Buhari has called for the removal of the President to save the nation from the lingering logjam. The call came as a civil … read more
The killing of over 500 people, mostly women and children, in three villages on the outskirts of Nigeria’s northern Plateau state Sunday could have been avoided if security chiefs had acted on information given to them, state Governor Jonah Jang … read more
A German national, Mr. Plaus Hollanda, 66, has been arrested by detectives in Jos, Plateau State, for allegedly giving a pistol and bullets to his driver, Emmanuel Pade. Police had found the pistol and 90 live ammunition in Pade’s possession. … read more
A Nigerian doctor has filed a 100-million-dollar lawsuit against Air France for flying him to Lagos “under dehumanising conditions”, court papers showed here Tuesday. Olaseni Adesina, who claims to have lived in France for 34 years, said the airline brought … read more