We are at it again. Subsidy removal is again being brandished by government as the imperative to balancing next year’s budget and the cornerstone of our infrastructural upgrade that the entire nation has been clamouring for . Indeed, it is … read more
After a traumatising period of blackberry services black out, last week, users all over the world have been asking for compensation for the pains of not connecting to loved ones and business associates. Ironically, all the demands have always gone … read more
An MP in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state has been assassinated by suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram, police say. The gunmen killed MP Modu Bintube at his home in the state capital, Maiduguri, they said. The police also accused … read more
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide if companies can be held liable in the United States for international human rights law violations, a case about allegations that Royal Dutch Shell Plc helped Nigeria violently suppress oil exploration … read more
Two men were found dead hours after their arrest in a volatile central Nigerian city, residents said Monday, raising concerns over the military’s use of force days after protesters blamed soldiers for another civilian death in the West African nation. … read more
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the nation’s apex Airport, has come under fire following the breakdown of the airport cooling system which has subjected the travellers to torment. Travellers and airport users have given the airport a new … read more
Nigerian Embassy in The Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, avoided taking a risk, weekend, when the prosecution of a Nigerian-Dutch activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe, by the Netherlands government for alleged pipeline bombing … read more
Up to 100 rusty shipwrecks line Nigeria’s 853km (530-mile) shore, officials say. Some have been stranded for years and they are now being blamed for erosion that threatens homes and livelihoods. The waterfront community at Alpha Beach in Lagos date … read more
A series of explosions rocked a police barracks in northeast Nigeria killing one soldier and three attackers and destroying a building and several cars, police said Sunday, blaming radical Islamists. Gombe State police commissioner Ebikeme Orubebe said the overnight attack … read more
THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has advised the Presidency to cut social spending and jettison its planned fuel subsidy removal to avoid the wrath of Nigerians and save the nation from social uprising. It warned that indices that gave rise … read more