The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28 election, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has alleged that Nigeria loses an average of N3.1trillion worth of crude oil to corruption on an annual basis. He stressed … read more
A twin suicide attack this week at a bus station in Nigeria’s Kano city killed 34 people, a union official said Thursday, giving an updated toll after police said 10 people died. Boko Haram Islamist militants have not claimed the … read more
The Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Jaques Champagne de Labriolle has described as “rubbish” claims that some French nationals working with Boko Haram were arrested by Cameroonian troops. Mr de Labriolle made the denial while addressing journalists at the … read more
For sheer cruelty, they are well matched. They also share an apocalyptic “end-of-days” vision. Now there are signs that Boko Haram — the most feared group in West Africa — may be edging toward a formal pledge of allegiance to … read more
The kidnappers of United States missionary working in Kogi State, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, have reduced the ransom being demanded for her release from N60 million to N30 million, even as The Nigerian Governors Forum led by Governor Jonah Jang has … read more
Ten year old Esther Okade, one of UK’s youngest students from Nigeria, has been accepted to start her maths degree at the Open University. Esther, who enrolled three weeks ago, is already top of her class, scoring 100 per cent … read more
The postponement of Nigeria’s presidential elections on security grounds has prompted concern about whether the country’s democracy is under threat. The polls will take place against a backdrop of regional and ethnic tensions, with the ruling Peoples Democratic party up … read more
An American missionary running an elementary school in Nigeria has been whisked away from her workplace in Kogi State. Rev. Phyllis Sortor was whisked away by masked gunmen, who stormed the Hope Alive Nursery/Primary School, which she runs in Emiworo, … read more
Three seafarers kidnapped from a Greek VLCC off West Africa earlier this month have been released. Aeolos Management said the men had been held since 3 February by a criminal gang in Nigeria. The Malta-flagged 281,000-dwt Kalamos (built 2000) was … read more
Thirty-one persons died yesterday in two separate suicide bomb attacks in Potiskum, Yobe State, and Kano with several others injured. An eye witness account on the Potiskum attack said a female suicide bomber alighted from a tricycle, opposite Tashan Dan … read more