Nigeria has launched a solar power scheme that will eventually light up as many as ten rural communities with no access to the national electrical grid. A Lagos state government official, who wished to remain anonymous, said construction work had … read more
The prevailing political crisis in the country has been blamed on the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, just as his eight years in office as the president was described as such that brought a �litany of woes� on Nigeria. The joint … read more
It is no longer rumour: police authorities yesterday confirmed that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, will be proceeding on a one-year study leave at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies … read more
The Federal Government yesterday said it would henceforth, award contract for the protection of petroleum pipelines across the country to communities hosting the pipelines, as part of measures to curb pipeline vandalisation. This is in reaction to the December 25 … read more
Sea pirates defied security beef up during the yuletide, to attack a vessel at Hondol River in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, belonging to Mobil Producing Unlimited and made away with the supplies. Although no casualty was recorded … read more
Umar Musa Yar’adua finally yielded to pressures from James Ibori on the removal of Nuhu Ribadu, Saharareporters learnt late last night (December 26 2007), that Yar’adua already approved a memo submitted by the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro to … read more
A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded in flames, killing at least 34 people near Nigeria’s main city of Lagos as they tried to scoop fuel from the gushing leak, police said Wednesday. A witness said he saw 40 bodies. The government … read more
A Nigerian court has issued arrest warrants for three members of staff from drugs company Pfizer over an alleged illegal drugs trial in 1996. The three are also accused of defying a summons to appear in court last month. Pfizer … read more
Residents of Aroloya Street, Lagos Island,yesterday, called on the state government to save them from imminent fire from the smouldering rubble of a collapsed building in the area. They said the smouldering rubble of the three-storey building which went down … read more
The Police in Lagos yesterday said it would soon arraign 84 Merchant Navy personnel, now in its custody, for allegedly undertaking military training secretly, without approval. A reliable police source at the Area �A� Command at the Lion Building in … read more