The Nigeria Police kill hundreds of suspects annually while in detention, Amnesty International said yesterday, and called for the abolition of Order 237, which allows the police to shoot detainees who try to escape. “Police don’t only kill people by … read more
No date has as yet been fixed for President Umaru Yar’adua’s return to the country although he is responding to treatment at the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Minister of Information Professor Dora Akunyili declared … read more
THE Nigeria Police have issued a signal to the International Police (Interpol) for the immediate arrest of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam … read more
The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, has concluded plans to carry out mass burial for the 82 corpses that were dumped at the hospital by the police. The hospital authorities have also expressed dismay at the action of … read more
There were conflicting reports last night over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Whereas foreign reports claimed the President’s health condition was worsening and that he may be moved to the United States or Germany, official sources … read more
Amid growing concern and uncertainty over President Umar Yar’ Adua’s health, there are indications that the North is divided over a possible successor in 2011 just as the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, governors, particularly those of Northern extraction insist that … read more
More than half of Nigerians think full deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector will not be beneficial to the citizens, a survey by the NOI Polls, a Nigerian survey and research firm has shown. Full deregulation has been at the … read more
The Nigerian government, in an attempt to generate more non-oil revenue in 2010, plans to tighten the noose around tax evaders and withdraw some concessions, local newspaper Vanguard reported Tuesday. Also, revenue from custom activities will be rejuvenated through a … read more
IT may have dawned on the Federal Government that its target of 6,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity by the end of this month is a mirage afterall. Reason: Indication emerged yesterday that the Federal Government has identified alleged failure of … read more
Lagos State government has spent about $20 million (N3 billion) to procure two helicopters to fortify security in the Lagos metropolis. Each of the Bell 412 EP helicopters purchased by the government, according to the manufacturer, the Bell Helicopter and … read more