Nigeria’s ruling party candidate has been elected governor of President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state, election officials said on Sunday, ending months of political uncertainty over who is in charge of the oil-producing state. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Henry … read more
Electricity tariffs in Nigeria will increase up to 88 per cent under reforms designed to revive the power sector and attract outside investors. The proposed new rates, seen by the Financial Times, will be announced in the coming weeks, before … read more
With the inauguration of Dangote’s $1b Ibese cement plant by President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogun State, indications are now rife that the Nigerian government may soon place a ban on cement, fertilizer, rice soon. Jonathan during the inauguration of the … read more
An environmental group says there is a new spill on an oil well run by Italian firm Eni SpA in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta. Environmental Rights Action said Sunday the spill is happening at a well head run by Eni’s … read more
Following the expiration of the ultimatum they gave the Federal Government to recognise them under its amnesty programme, some militants, on Saturday, threatened to unleash terror in the Niger Delta region during the coming week week. ‘General’ Para Ekiyes, one … read more
Rioting in two southern Nigerian cities Thursday over a police killing forced Muslims to take shelter at barracks over fears they would be targeted in reprisal attacks. The riots broke out in Onitsha and Asaba after a police officer shot … read more
Goodluck Jonathan won Nigeria’s presidency in 2011 with a pledge to transform the economy of Africa’s biggest oil producer by attracting foreign investment and fighting corruption. The election of the mild-mannered zoologist and economic reformer, after years of ethnic and … read more
The State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday night stormed the premises of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and took possession of the recorded video tape containing the names of the negotiators that Boko Haram had nominated to represent it at … read more
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to investigate the management and implementation of the amnesty programme offered the Niger Delta militants. The resolution was reached after debates on the recent attacks carried out by members of the Movement for … read more
The head of the secret police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, ravaged by violence claimed by the Islamist Boko Haram group, said Wednesday its members wore police uniforms to launch attacks. “The sect members disguise as policemen… to … read more