The military on Sunday said it had arrested six militants in Niger Delta after suspected pirates killed four soldiers and a policeman in an attack on an army base in the region. The army said its raid on the armed … read more
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, yesterday said there is a syndicate in Nigeria that recruits young Nigerians for the terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq, Syria, ISIS. NIS disclosed that the syndicate process travelling documents and visas for those it … read more
The Police said in Lagos on Saturday that they have foiled an attempt to kidnap an Indian national in Ikorodu. They also said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the crime. The state command’s spokesperson, DSP Patricia Amadin, … read more
Suspected pirates travelling by speedboat killed four soldiers and a policeman and stole weapons in a raid on a military base in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta region, the police and armed forces said on Saturday. The gunmen attacked the mixed … read more
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring Cameroon announced plans to release water from a dam. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it had … read more
Nigeria’s central bank banned banks from taking foreign-currency cash deposits and will boost supply of dollars to moneychangers this week as it seeks to bolster the currency of Africa’s biggest oil producer and economy. Only wire transfers to and from … read more
International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic. The first large-scale outbreak of the C strain in decades has already killed 800 … read more
Tanker owners fear more of their vessels could be barred from lifting crude oil in Nigeria, Intertanko told IHS Maritime today. “Operators are concerned that if a ship within a fleet has breached the regulations, other vessels in the same … read more
Nigerian commercial lenders listed hundreds of bad debtors in full-page newspaper adverts on Monday, under orders from the central bank aimed at avoiding a repeat of an industry bailout that cost the government $4 billion six years ago. The move … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s journey to the United States has continued to yield fruits as it emerged, yesterday, in Abuja, that the US may soon relax or completely lift its restriction on military assistance to Nigeria. The US had placed embargo … read more