The Nigerian government yesterday protested its inclusion by its American counterpart among nations it considers as “countries of interest” – those that sponsor state terrorism. In the wake of the protest, LEADERSHIP learnt that the National Security Adviser, Gen. Abdullahi … read more
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Monday dismantled a police checkpoint along Port Harcourt/Owerri Road, for causing hardship to motorists. Amaechi, who was returning from Ohakpu, Orlu in Imo State, was held up in traffic for long due to the … read more
Americans were alarmed to learn of the attempt to bring down an American airliner over Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day. But Nigerians were especially shocked to learn that one of their own, Umar Farouk AbdulMuttalab, was the perpetrator. Nigerians, from … read more
The listing of Nigeria as one of the seven countries on the United States of America top security watch will affect the rate of investment in Nigeria, except the federal government takes steps to strengthen its foreign policies, the President … read more
Forty-two days after the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar’Adua, left Nigerian for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, a group has petitioned the United Nations to hold an emergency session on Nigeria. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday, December … read more
government has announced that visitors from several countries will be subject to new airport security screening procedures. Beginning Monday, all passengers flying from or via at least 14 countries, including Nigeria and Yemen, will be patted down and have all … read more
Police in Nigeria have arrested a doctor suspected of impregnating girls and selling their babies. The police said they found five pregnant girls aged between 12 and 17 at the doctor’s clinic in the south-eastern town of Enugu. The police … read more
The family of a Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US airliner as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day plans to attend his arraignment in court this week, a family source said on Sunday. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, … read more
After more than 40 days at the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where he was admitted since November 23, 2009 for pericarditis, ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua may return to Nigeria this week, BusinessDay has learnt. … read more
AS Abuja laps up yet another assurance nurtured by spin doctors that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may return to his presidency next week, there is a worrisome mood within a section of the civil society that he may return to … read more