Nigeria has the world’s third lowest life expectancy rate of 55 years, the United Nations has said. In its new report Monday, the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) said the life expectancy of an average Nigerian in 2019 is only better … read more
Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday hiked the 2019 budget to 8.91 trillion naira ($29 bln) after boosting its expenditure on security to help the government combat rising militancy and kidnapping across the country. The upper house of parliament increased the 2019 … read more
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has revealed that a total of 1,071 people were killed in crime-related cases across the country in the first quarter of 2019. The Police chief made the disclosure during the quarterly Northern Traditional … read more
Two Shell oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria’s restive oil-rich south have been freed, six days after they were seized by gunmen who killed their guard and driver, police said Wednesday. The Royal Dutch Shell oil workers, whose nationalities were not … read more
Two Chinese men kidnapped on Wednesday in Ebonyi State have regained their freedom. The police spokesperson in the state, Loveth Odah, told journalists in Abakaliki on Sunday that they were rescued by the police unhurt. According to her, their abductors … read more
Three oil workers have been kidnapped from a Nigerian oil rig. Gunmen raided the Niger Delta Petroleum Resources rig in Ogbele on Saturday morning, according to a spokesman for the area’s military operations, Major Ibrahim Abubakar. The three people kidnapped … read more
In a bid to enhance interaction and business with the Chinese in Kano State, the Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has approved the appointment and instalment of a Chinese man, Mr Mike Zhang, as a chief and leader … read more
Two senior employees of the oil company Shell have been kidnapped and their police escorts killed in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, police said. The attack took place as the workers were returning from a business trip on Thursday on a … read more
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) says six sailors have been abducted by Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south. According to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, the sailors were aboard a small oil tanker, before they were attacked. The Apecus, a Palau-flagged … read more
Two Chinese nationals working on a road project in southeast Nigeria have been kidnapped by an armed gang. Employees of the Tongyi group of companies, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu were working in Ebonyi State when they were apprehended … read more