Police say gunmen have attacked a police station in the north Nigeria city previously targeted in a massive assault by a radical Islamist sect. Police say the shootout Tuesday night in Kano left no injuries, though gunfire echoed around the … read more
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority released a notice informing the general public that the Lagos Carnival 2012 is slated for April 9, 2012 at Tafawa Balewa Square from 7am – 7pm. The Carnival routes are as follows: Junior Carnival … read more
Two Republican lawmakers on Monday urged the United States to designate Nigeria’s Boko Haram as a terrorist group, warning not to be complacent against what they called a growing threat. The appeal comes just after a senior US diplomat recommended … read more
A federal judge in Nigeria dismissed charges Monday against a former bank CEO accused in a massive mismanagement scheme that nearly brought down the country’s financial sector. Erastus Akingbola, formerly the CEO of Intercontinental Bank PLC, walked out of court … read more
A Nigerian NGO Monday petitioned the anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asking it to urgently launch an investigation into the allegation that an Italian construction company built a 2,500-capacity church in President Goodluck Jonathan’s home town as a … read more
Nigerian parliamentarians have expressed their support for the government’s ultimatum to foreign airlines to end the discriminatory fares they charge on the Nigerian route or quit. Aviation Minister Stella Oduah issued the 30-day ultimatum last week, triggering an angry reaction … read more
Against the backdrop of the worsening electricity situation in Nigeria, mobile phone companies will this year spend 45.9 billion naira (US$282m) to power generators at their base stations. According to the local Punch newspaper on Monday, Mobile phone operators including … read more
The Lagos state government on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not imposed a ban on the operations of commercial motor cyclists, otherwise known as Okada, on Lagos roads. The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner … read more
One soldier, one State Security Service (SSS) personnel and nine gunmen were killed in a clash between security agents and gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram in Okene in Nigeria’s central Kogi state this weekend, … read more
Passengers were stranded in airports at the weekend as there were no aircraft to convey them to their various destinations; many of them had to return home or seek alternative means of getting to their destinations. The airlines that managed … read more