BRITISH parliamentarians will be in Nigeria next week on a fact-finding mission. The delegation, Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Nigeria, will meet with public officials, civil society groups, communities and business people to gain an understanding … read more
The Lagos State Government has cancelled the November edition of the monthly sanitation exercise. The suspension, it said, was to facilitate easy movement for students writing the National Examinations Council. A statement on Thursday by the Commissioner for the Environment, … read more
Four Nigerians, who were on a visit to India, narrowly escaped death in the string of terror attacks which rocked Mumbai, the country’s commercial capital, two days ago. Death toll in the attacks, now being compared to 9/11 in the … read more
NOT enough outrage has greeted the broadcast of the documentary, “Saving Africa’s Witch Children” by the UK Channel 4 on November 12, the material is available on the internet, the horror and the scandal contained therein are being circulated world-wide. … read more
Nigeria’s power generation problems may worsen following the shutting down of a major gas facility belonging to Anglo Dutch giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), at Soku, the country’s oil and gas nerve center. Power generation has already dropped by … read more
THE Lagos State government, yesterday, announced that the killer paracetamol, My Pikin, had claimed 14 new lives in the state, bringing the total death toll to 39. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) had on … read more
The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Port Harcourt has said that the recent ban of commercial motorcycles, Okada, in Port Harcourt, by the Rivers State Government, which comes into effect on 31st December 2008, amounts to “insensitivity … read more
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja yesterday warned all parties, including the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mike Okiro, from taking any step relating to the subject matter of the suit filed by former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes … read more
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday granted an application seeking the substitution of the name of former Rivers State governor, Mr. Celestine Omehia, with that of the incumbent governor, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, in … read more
The Bulgarian engineer, who was kidnapped a week ago, is alive and in good health, the spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry Dragovest Goranov stated on Wednesday. Goranov explained that negotiations for the engineer’s release were ongoing, adding that he … read more