Legal moves investigating corruption allegations against Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have been quashed by the High Court in Lagos. The court ruled that two reports on Mr Abubakar had no legal foundation. A spokesman for Mr Abubakar said the vice-president … read more
Aviation experts under the aegis of Aviation Round Table (ART) have said that the item recovered from a passenger at the boarding point of a Bellview aircraft about two weeks ago was not a bomb. At a press briefing in … read more
The economy, together with its propellers, oil and gas, concentrated minds in Abuja and Lagos on Wednesday with happy endings. It emerged that Nigeria�s head long tackle of bread and butter issues has lifted its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to … read more
With more violence from militants and further oil-worker abductions expected ahead of Nigeria’s presidential election next April, energy firms are poised to take tougher security measures to protect workers and spend more money to compensate staff in the increasingly volatile … read more
Prince Charles has attended a state reception hosted by the President of Nigeria following a “low key” arrival in the West African country. President Olusegun Obasanjo flew in just minutes ahead of the Prince, who was then whisked away to … read more
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been involved in a diplomatic incident as he arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for a summit. Nigerian officials say Col Gaddafi was accompanied by more than 200 heavily armed Libyan bodyguards. When security … read more
The Nigerian government is failing to prosecute police and soldiers who rape women and girls with impunity, says rights group Amnesty International. The country’s police authorities acknowledge rape is a problem within the service, but say that they are working … read more
About 25 people were trapped with fears about their safety after a three-storey building, located along Airport Road, Oshodi, Lagos collapsed Monday night. The building, which was said to have collapsed at about 9pm Monday, was under construction but some … read more
President Olusegun Oba-sanjo yesterday stated that, despite recent hos-tage takings and the death of an expatriate held hostage in the Niger Delta, the situation in the volatile area is now controllable. Though he described the recent development as �unfortunate and … read more
Barely two months after a pipeline fire killed about six people in Oghale, Eleme Local Government area of River State, another life was in the early hours of yesterday lost when fire broke out from a punched pipe where people … read more