A human rights group, United Action against Corruption and Injustice International (UACI), Ebonyi State chapter has expressed concern over the rising incidence of kidnapping in the South-East. Chairman of the UACI, Mr. Okosisi Eburu, said through a statement in Abakiliki … read more
The Federal Government has placed an order for 2million doses of a drug that will be used to tackle the rampaging swine flu pathogen in the event that it enters Nigeria, Saturday Punch has learnt. The disclosure was made exclusively … read more
Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) who rescued Mrs. Julie Mulligan, the Canadian who was kidnapped in Kaduna a fortnight ago, said yesterday that the release was carried out without any casualties and that no ransom was paid to … read more
A congressionally mandated commission has blacklisted Nigeria as one of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedom, in a controversial decision made with dissent from at least one of the panel’s members. The ranking is linked to the government’s role … read more
THE Chairman of Conoil, Mr. Mike Adenuga, has donated the sum of N400 million to the Akassa development foundation endowment project fund. The fund is to be used for the construction of a community secondary school, which is an integrated … read more
A Canadian woman kidnapped over a week ago in northern Nigeria is still being held, officials say, hours after police said she had been released. Julie Mulligan, 45, was seized from a car by gunmen in Kaduna on 16 April. … read more
In what could be the first of its kind since the menace of kidnapping in Nigeria, a 23-year-old university undergraduate has been killed two weeks after her kidnap and despite the fact that the father had reportedly paid a N10 … read more
Slight flight delays were experienced by some local airlines at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos on Wednesday, as the scarcity of JET A1, also known as aviation fuel, hits airiline operators. The Assistant General Secretary, Airlines Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji … read more
AS part of the preparedness of the government against the swine influenza, which is ravaging developed countries, the Federal Ministry of Health has asked that sensitisation activities and surveillance be put up in all states of the federation. The ministry, … read more
34 year old Matthew Maguire from Birkenhead, was among 27 oil workers kidnapped by militants back in September 2008. The following is an interview given by his father. read more