Armed pirates raided a tanker off the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailors Wednesday, taking off with the vessel in waters that are increasingly at risk of piracy, an international monitoring group said. The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks … read more
The Lagos State Tenancy Law which came into effect recently, is expected to bring relief to tenants in the state who have, over the years, suffered from the high handedness of landlords. The new law makes it illegal for any … read more
Following a report by an international Hausa radio station that Muammar Gaddafi’s head of security service, General Youssef Dbiri, had relocated to Kaduna State from Yobe State where he is said to have maternal root, a robust manhunt for Dbiri’s … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed talk that Nigeria will disintergrate by 2015 because of religious and ethnic clashes. Jonathan told journalists on September 12 that he was positive the West African country will soon overcome its challenges. “As the current … read more
Eight suspected members of a Nigerian Islamist sect appeared in court on Tuesday charged with carrying out a series of bombings and shootings between March and July this year that killed a total of 25 people. The defendants, accused of … read more
A government agency assigned to build roads and hospitals in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta awarded contracts, but never saw construction carried out in the endemically poor region, the country’s presidency said Tuesday. The Niger Delta Development Commission let contractors escape … read more
THE on going revelations on corruption in Nigeria, especially in the nation’s oil sector, and the already excruciating destabilising activities of Boko Haram in Abuja, has heightened fears of fresh separatist insurrections in the Niger Delta and other parts of … read more
Despite the laudable expectations from the yet-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill, there is the other side of the bill that has been giving stakeholders in the industry a lot of concern. Some industry analysts have said some sections of the … read more
DISSATISFIED with its unchallenged bombing activities in the North, Boko Haram has threatened to extend the reign of terror to southern parts of the country. Leaders of the sect said that their radar was now on University of Ibadan (UI), … read more
Gunmen firing assault rifles bombed a police station in northern Nigeria and robbed a nearby bank Monday, killing at least five people in an attack similar to others carried out by a feared Muslim sect in the region. Heavy gunfire … read more