Nigerian troops were accused of burning homes and shooting indiscriminately on Monday after a bomb attack in the country’s northeast blamed on Islamists which killed a soldier and a civilian. A military spokesman denied soldiers had carried out abuses and … read more
Nigeria risks revolution if the government does not address mounting frustration in one of the world’s most corrupt countries, a committee appointed by the president to probe post-vote violence said Monday. “General insecurity of life and property in people’s houses … read more
Lack of maintenance culture in the country has been a known characteristic of the past administrations, and has indeed become an age-long ‘birth-mark’ in governance. President Jonathan’s administration is yet to prove otherwise with the physical results of the presently … read more
The serene coastal Tereke community in the Nembe Local Government Area was still reveling in the 15th anniversary of the creation of Bayelsa State, the only homogenous Ijaw speaking state in the Nigerian federation, when a loud explosion sent a … read more
Nigeria’s oil unions Monday began a three-day warning strike over growing insecurity in the oil-rich Niger Delta. “The strike has begun today and will go on until Wednesday,” the president of the white-collar Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association … read more
There’s a looming diplomatic row between the maritime regulatory authorities of Ghana and Nigeria as a marine tanker vessel, MT Kemepade, declared missing in Nigeria has been found in Ghana, slated for urgent scrapping. Already, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and … read more
A kidnapped Saudi businessman has been released with the help of Nigerian authorities on Saturday after seven days of captivity. “The released Saudi citizen is now on his way to the Saudi embassy in the Nigerian capital,” Director of the … read more
The Nigerian government is now trying its best to convince it critics that its decision, this year, to scale down its usually elaborate Independence Day celebration was “cost-saving measure” and not out of fear of terrorist attack. Critics of the … read more
Government’s resolve to remove subsidy on fuel, arrest of former governors over corruption allegations, the warning strike by non-academic staff union of universities (NASU) and a rare medical feat overshadowed all other stories in Nigeria this week. The Punch ran … read more
Once upon a time, Nigeria was peaceful and prosperous. Its citizens walked with their heads tall everywhere in the globe. They travelled overseas without hassles. They schooled abroad and returned home immediately. There was nothing like visa scam and there … read more