The Police in Plateau State have debunked allegations of plans by some unidentified groups to bomb some public places in Jos and its environs during the Christmas and New Year festivities. The Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, Mr. Emmanuel … read more
concessionaire of the Lekki-Epe expressway, Lagos State, Lekki Concession Company (LCC), made good its promise to start the collection of toll on the highway Sunday. But it came at a heavy cost to the public. Heavy vehicular traffic on both … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan’s budget of ‘fiscal consolidation, inclusive growth and job creation,’ his passionate appeal to Nigerians to listen to him on the need to remove the subsidy on petroleum products, the crippling strike by university lecturers and the emergence … read more
It is no longer news that the Federal Government has concluded plans to remove the controversial fuel subsidy after several years of debates. President Goodluck Jonathan took a firm decision to remove the subsidy when he presented budget 2012 to … read more
Authorities in northeast Nigeria are blaming a radical Muslim sect for a drive-by shooting that left five civilians dead. Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed said Saturday that the gunmen had attacked people gathered outside a shop in the city of Maiduguri … read more
A Nigerian Islamic scholar this week called for the death penalty for the gay community, sparking massive outrage from local and international groups. The statement, during his weekly prayer session of the Nasrul-lahi-L-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), came after the … read more
Gunmen have attacked a military-run school in northern Nigeria, killing at least three air force personnel in an incident whose motives remained unclear, an official said on Friday. The attack late Thursday outside Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, … read more
A militant Islamic sect in Nigeria increased serial killings in its northeastern stronghold, with 20 people shot dead in the past month as a security crackdown caused a drop in bomb attacks, police said. “Though explosions have been managed and … read more
Nigeria’s federal government has been paying unidentified police pensioners a whopping 1 billion Naira monthly, according to Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (US$155 Naira=US$1). The minister, who was giving a breakdown of the country’s 2012 federal budget in the capital city … read more
The tractor-trailer lay alongside the busy Nigeria expressway like a child’s forgotten toy, its cargo of cosmetics smashed on the hot, uneven strip of asphalt road and its driver left bleeding with a head wound. Burned-out metal carcasses of crashed … read more