Barely one week after President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua promised to grant amnesty to any of the Niger Delta militants who willingly gives up his arms, the gale of abduction took a new and frightening dimension as an expatriate engineer with … read more
About 2,612 motorists were in 2008 sent to the Yaba Psychiatric Hospital by the Lagos State Government in 2008 for driving against traffic and related traffic offences. The state Commissioner of Transportation, Prof. Bamidele Badejo, made this disclosure in Lagos … read more
Nigeria will prosecute its citizens allegedly involved in the Halliburton Co. bribery scandal when their names are received from the U.S. government, a senior official said Tuesday. Speaking on national television, Dora Akunyili, minister of information said Nigeria had written … read more
Following the transfer of the case involving the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, to the federal High Court in Jos, the trial is to begin afresh. The case was being heard … read more
Nigerian group is seeking the prosecution of former president Olusegun Obasanjo for “spraying currency on dancers” at his 70th birthday party, local media said Tuesday. The Nation newspaper said the Human and Environmental Development Agenda has written to Nigeria’s attorney … read more
Gunmen have kidnapped a British oil worker in southern Nigeria, killing one police officer and wounded another as they did so, a security source said Monday. Assailants kidnapped the British man, who works for Nigerian oil services company Adamac Industries … read more
Nigeria on Monday dismissed a U.S. embassy warning of a possible attack on diplomatic missions in Lagos, saying there was no proof of any “terrorist activities” in the country. The U.S. embassy in Nigeria said on Sunday it had received … read more
on Sunday, gunmen attacked and destroyed a houseboat belonging to South Korean engineering firm Daewoo near Igbomotoru in neighbouring Bayelsa state, military spokesman Colonel Rabe Abubakar said. “The Daewoo house boat was in Igbomotoru (for workers) to lay pipelines belonging … read more
A major gas and condensate plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria has been shut down just eight days after it came online from a four-month shutdown, a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RSDB) spokesman said Monday. The … read more
Many owners of buildings marked for demolition for the expansion of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway into a 10-lane dual carriageway may get no compensation after all, as there are indications that most affected structures are standing on government acquired land. Over … read more