Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim soldiers have killed at least 45 ethnic Berom Christians in Plateau state in the past week, Christians in this northern-central Nigerian town said. Smaller attacks beginning on Nov. 20, reportedly over allegations by Fulani … read more
Chukwemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the military leader of the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria’s 1967-70 civil war, died Saturday after a long fight for health following a stroke, his family said. More than 1 million people are estimated to have … read more
Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has sharply criticised the federal government after a phone-in programme scheduled for South-west Osun state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, on the federal government-owned Radio Nigeria was suddenly cancelled on Saturday. Osun state … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan today stunned his critics when he fired Mrs Farida Waziri, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati said, “This is evidence of Mr President’s determination to revitalise the fight against corruption.” The … read more
One thousand people, most of them women and children, have died from lead poisoning resulting from illegal mining activities in Nigeria’s northern Zamfara state since June 2010, the local Guardian newspaper Sunday quoted State Governor Abdul Aziz Yari as saying. … read more
The death toll in clashes between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in central Nigeria has risen to 25, a local official said Saturday, following a mass burial that included four of his own children. Pam Choji, a councillor in Barkin … read more
Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard Saturday near a police station in northeastern Nigeria, which is home to a radical Muslim sect. Officials say that gunmen attacked a police station in the city of Geidam in Nigeria’s Yobe state, near … read more
Even as students, they own cars and live big on campus. They tell the sordid tales of their involvement in kidnapping, the money they make and how they got recruited into the booming business of holding people hostage for money … read more
Nigeria and the Republic of Benin set up a joint naval operation code-named “Operation prosperity” to check-mate activities of pirates in the Gulf of Guinea waters The recent upsurge in the activities of sea pirates on Nigerian waterways has been … read more
The sacking this week of Nigeria’s anti-graft chief may give the country’s fight against corruption a short-term boost, but significant change is unlikely without deeper reforms to the justice system, analysts say. President Goodluck Jonathan’s unexpected firing of Farida Waziri, … read more