Hundreds of protesters have descended on a Shell crude oil flow station in the Niger Delta, a news report said. The protesters demanded jobs and infrastructure development and an end to pollution in the area, a witness told Reuters. Soldiers … read more
Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicentre of a conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could … read more
An abandoned bag at the Hajj and Cargo Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos caused panic on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, as a bomb unit was called in to contain the apparent threat. After arriving on the … read more
Despite generating revenue from crude oil export from 2005 to 2015, Nigeria recorded less than 0.5 per cent savings in its Excess Crude Account (ECA), according to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). According to the agency in a … read more
Nigerian protesters demanded Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari, receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed ailment for more than three months, either return or resign. Buhari left for the British capital on May 7 on what is his latest medical … read more
The exact date of President Muhammadu Buhari’s return to the country is still a top secret of the presidency. This is just as the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari at the weekend travelled to London where her husband is … read more
At least 31 fishermen were killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in north-eastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri … read more
Nigeria has been told by a court it can permanently seize a $37.5 million apartment block owned by a former oil minister who is wanted for money laundering. The property belongs to former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was in … read more
Seventy lecturers in the University of Maiduguri have resigned their appointments following recent attacks by terror group Boko Haram on the university community and its staff in Nigeria’s northeast region. The resignation of the lecturers, mostly professors, had affected research … read more
The Lagos State Government yesterday unveiled its roadmap targeted at maintaining and rehabilitating roads across the state as well as comprehensive drainage maintenance and flood control programme between August and December 2017. Recently appointed Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode … read more