The crisis in Plateau state that has pitched two factions of the state House of Assembly took a tragic turn yesterday when at least two persons were killed and several others injured in Jos the state capital. Trouble started when … read more
Bullying tactics would achieve nothing in the Niger Delta, as it requires a political solution to end the hostage taking and wave of violence in the region, advised Census Ekpu, a journalist turned politician. Ekpu is a Peoples Democratic Party … read more
They fled in dugout canoes, a few clothes and schoolbooks thrust into bags, and rowed through the mangrove swamps that night to reach safety. The villagers of Bille had been caught up in bloody clashes between Nigerian troops and heavily … read more
COMMUTERS plying Lagos-Ibadan and Benin expressways now do so at the risk of their lives as highway patrol men who are posted to these routes to safeguard lives and property have resorted to abandoning their duty posts for reasons best … read more
MEN of the State Security Service (SSS) in Delta State, yesterday, in Warri arrested one of the militants that kidnapped eight workers of Peak Petroleum Nigeria Limited in Bayelsa State in June, and there was indication, last night, that a … read more
Rivers State government has intensified its anti-terrorism campaign in host communities of multinational corporations operating in the state. It has therefore invited stakeholders from 12 local government areas in the state and host communities of multinational firms to a week-long … read more
Travelers going to or leaving countries in which the polio virus is still active should be immunized against the disease, and polio-free countries should require that proof of protection before granting entry visas, an advisory panel at the World Health … read more
Nigerian police killed one man on Friday when they fired into a crowd of supporters of the governor of the central state of Plateau who were protesting against an attempt to impeach him for corruption. Plateau is one of more … read more
Talks to resolve the dispute between Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have been halted, the BBC has learnt. The confidential talks started last weekend and were proposed after Mr Abubakar was charged with corruption. Mr Abubakar is … read more
FOR three days, the body of a young woman whose age was put at between 17 and 20 lay along Apapa-Oshodi highway. She was discovered lying facedown on the median separating the service lane and the highway on Sunday morning. … read more