There was panic on Sunday evening in Nigeria’s northern city Kaduna after a bomb explosion killed a suspected suicide bomber, police said. There were two people seriously injured before taken to hospital. A Xinhua reporter in the city said the … read more
Yesterday, suspected ex-militants stormed the National Agip Oil Company, NAOC, with explosives and bombed five cluster oil wells belonging to the company. The oil wells, according to information available to Vanguard, are located between River Niger and Tailor creek in … read more
PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has declared a three-day nationwide warning strike from April 16, to protest perceived unfair labour practices, anti-union activities and general insecurity of members at work places and at home. In … read more
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has dragged two Britons before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged forgery of Nigerian visa and impersonation of the Director of Citizens and Business Department, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Adetayo Sode. The accused, Ian … read more
Rioters went on a rampage in central Nigeria and burnt down a police station to protest the detention of their friends, police said Monday. “The arsonists overwhelmed the police and burnt the police station after freeing their friends who were … read more
At least 30 people were burnt to death on Sunday following a fuel tanker explosion at Gani Gaku in Nigeria’s northern Adamawa state, the private Nation newspaper reported Monday. It said the tragedy occurred as people scooped fuel from a … read more
A Nigerian High Court sitting in Abuja, the federal capital city, on Thursday remanded six top federal civil servants in prison custody following their alleged complicity in the illegal diversion of 32.8 billion naira (about US$ 220 million) from the … read more
Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram attacked three police stations in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, burning two of them down in the latest of scores of such assaults, police said. It was not yet clear if there were casualties … read more
A House Wife, Uwanin Takai has taken her husband to Takai Sharia Court in Kano State on Friday, seeking for divorce due to lack of proper feeding as the husband provides her with a meal per day. However, the man, … read more
Attacks by the militant Boko Haram is prompting the Nigerian government to place Muslim groups in the country under security scrutiny, a move seen by analysts as counterproductive. “As part of the measures to forestall future occurrence, we have the … read more