Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo recently lamented over the country’s status of petroleum pipeline vandalism, stating that the country records the highest number of vandalised oil pipelines. Nebo said this in Kainji, Niger State, at the unveiling of … read more
A woman who was beaten to death in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being a suicide bomber was in fact mentally ill and not involved in terrorism, according to police and her family. Thabita Haruna, 33, was attacked by a … read more
An investigative report has found that the son of a retired Supreme Court Judge in Nigeria has allegedly fled the country along with his wives and children to join the Islamic State militants in Syria. According to a US-based news … read more
The London Home Office has once again threw the spanner into the works of Nigerian renowned lesbian and gay-rights activist, Aderonke Apata, to get a permanent stay in the UK because she has not always been a lesbian. The Home … read more
A newlywed woman filed for separation only a week after marriage after she found her husband’s penis to be “too large” to bear. Aisha Dannupawa, a mother-of-three, has asked a court for an annulment from her new husband Ali Maizinari, … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed the schoolgirls Boko Haram sect members kidnapped were still alive. He disclosed this during an appearance on morning television on Thursday. “The girls are still alive. They have not been killed because the terrorists always … read more
Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, whose fortunes grew exponentially in the past decade, have lost billions of dollars in paper value as a result of plunging stock prices and the rapid depreciation of the naira. Such volatility is a perennial hazard for … read more
Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and editing techniques reminiscent of footage from the Islamic State group. Released on Monday, the film shows … read more
A crowd has beaten to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body on fire, according to police and witnesses. A second suspect, also a teenage girl, was arrested at Muda … read more
Despite the intervention of the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to avert fuel supply crisis in the run up to the forth-coming elections, long queues of anxious motorists resurfaced on Friday in filling stations in major cities across the country. … read more