There are no two ways about it; oil is to Nigerians what blood is to life. Nigeria’s economy literally runs on it and any policy taken by government in the oil and gas sector always affects them. With the planned … read more
IT will be a rare spectacle this Friday, November 4, when a Christian ministry devoted to the conversion of people considered as gross sinners holds its “Guys Night” in Lagos. Smoking, drinking of alcohol and dancing to immoral music – … read more
A loud explosion hit the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, residents said, with the area targeted by scores of bomb and gun attacks blamed on an Islamist sect. It was not immediately clear whether there were deaths or … read more
Last Wednesday’s collapse of a six-storey building at Maryland, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, did not come as a surprise. It was never the first. If anything, building collapse has become, perhaps, the most challenging debacle the state government has continued … read more
Illegal gold mining has left at least 2,000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said on Friday. The 2,000 children under five have shown signs of lead … read more
Hackers have hit the website of Nigeria’s top anti-corruption agency over a government official suggesting tighter Internet control in Africa’s most populous nation. A group of hackers calling themselves NaijaCyberHacktivists claimed the attack Friday on the Economic and Financial Crimes … read more
An airforce jet on a routine test-flight in Nigeria’s Niger delta region crashed yesterday as it was attempting a landing.The jet was short just a few meters of the landing strip when the accident occurred. Sources told Saharareporters that the … read more
An expert on malaria said on Friday that Nigerians were the largest exporters of the illness in view of the mobile nature of the citizens. Luis Benavente, director, Improving Malaria Diagnostics, a United States Agency for International Development-supported organisation, said … read more
Nigerian regulators have threatened to fine and stop three telecommunications companies from signing up new cellular phone subscribers over complaints about poor service in a nation reliant on mobile calls, officials said Thursday. Bharti Airtel Ltd. of India, local firm … read more
Shell Nigeria has almost sold off its entire stakes in 10 acreages in the country since 2008. The first two sold were the company’s non-operated interests in the country’s extensive deepwater terrain. The remaining eight acreages – located on land … read more