At least 70 people were burnt to death and many others injured in a multiple crash involving a loaded fuel tanker and eight vehicles in Nigeria’s South-eastern Anambra state, according to local press reports on Saturday. The accident occurred at … read more
Nigeria is the fastest growing market of ICT/Telecoms in Africa, therefore, the attendant call for improved bandwidth capacity has drawn major operators in the sector to seek several ways to boost broadband connectivity. According to Funke Opeke, the chief executive … read more
The rest of the world may have started envisaging bloody electioneering campaigns by political office seekers in Nigeria ahead of the 2011 general election, as smart Automobile Industries have started manufacturing customised bullet-proof vehicles for all categories of politicians in … read more
IT emerged at the weekend that the Federal Government has placed a consular ban on the duo of Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai and the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in all Nigerian embassies … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has said that the post-amnesty period would require great patience, perseverance and hard work. President Yar’Adua was speaking to leaders of the former militants from the Niger Delta, during a meeting at State House, convened to … read more
THE Federal Government has drafted heavily-armed soldiers to provide security for the ex-militant leader, Government Ekpomukpolo, alias Tompolo. Saturday Tribune gathered the deployment was in response to one of the demands of the former warlord before accepting the amnesty gesture. … read more
THE Federal Government Inter-Agency Coordination Committee on Amnesty has voiced out that the high numbers of militants that accepted the amnesty offer by the government were so many that the capacity of the committee was pushed to the limits. Describing … read more
Minister of State for Information and Communications, Aliyu Bilbis, has said that Nigeria currently occupies number two position among the nations in the world whose citizens are infected with HIV/AIDS. Bilbis stated this on Friday at the 2009 World Post … read more
Teachers in Nigeria’s public universities have suspended their near four-month strike for two weeks so they could conclude ongoing negotiations with the federal government, their umbrella union said Friday. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Ukachukwu Awuzie announced … read more
For 13 years Dr Nathans Ibe has made regular trips from the UK to his homeland Nigeria to give free healthcare to villagers. But on his most recent trip to Imo state in the volatile Niger Delta he was kidnapped. … read more