Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has disclosed that 124 policemen died in encounters with armed robbers between January 2007 and September 2011. Fashola made the disclosure last Tuesday, at the 5th Town Hall meeting on security with the theme; … read more
FRESH violence in Plateau State yesterday led to the death of 20 people and the destruction of property as Berom natives and Fulani herdsmen clashed at the Barkin Ladi Local Council of the state. And from the fundamentalist Islamic sect … read more
A Nigerian comic actor who was wrongly detained on suspicion of trafficking drugs in his stomach has been awarded more than $155,000 (£100,000). A judge at the High Court in Lagos said the detention of Baba Suwe – as he’s … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration will ensure that the menace of the Boko Haram Islamic sect in Nigeria will soon be crushed. Jonathan gave the assurance in Paris on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the biennial Honourary … read more
For months, the Federal Government has been canvassing for the removal of the fuel subsidy, with President Goodluck Jonathan saying that the country would collapse if government continued to support the subsidy. In 2011 for instance, N240 billion was budgeted … read more
President, Goodluck Jonathan, has sacked the head of the country’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Farida Waziri’s removal was to “revitalise the fight against corruption”, his spokesman said. Her predecessor at the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, was … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has picked a battle that every Nigerian president, military and civilian in the past 20 years has fought and lost in one way or another. With the cost of maintaining government now running at three quarters of … read more
A Nigerian senator was charged in court on Tuesday alongside a suspected member of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, fanning suspicions the group has strong political links. Senator Ali Ndume pleaded not guilty to charges of passing classified information to … read more
Finally, some progress however slight in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group that’s been wreaking havoc and violence across north-eastern Nigeria ever since April’s presidential elections. Nigeria’s state security service paraded a man who they claimed was … read more
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