Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi and former World Bank chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will spearhead the immediate future of Africa’s third-largest economy, but how they deal with tensions between them will determine their success. Okonjo-Iweala is expected to arrive this month … read more
Dozens of people suspected to be victims of the 1996 Pfizer Trovan test in Kano on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration at the venue where officials of the Meningitis Trust Fund presented compensation cheques to relatives of four of the … read more
Some 85% of Nigerian roads are in bad condition, according to a federal government agency, Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP). The local media on Thursday quoted the National Coordinator of RAMP, Mr. Ubandoma Ularamu, as saying only 15% of … read more
Officers of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kogi State have started monitoring preaching in mosques and churches, as part of measures to prevent religious crisis in the state. The state director of SSS, Mike Fubara, told journalists in Lokoja … read more
Lagos State, in collaboration with the state police command, is all set to beef up its security base as part of efforts to check the rising wave of crime. State commissioner of police, Yakub Alkhali, who made the revelation at … read more
The UN is said to be planning a close monitoring of the clean-up of the Ogoni oil spill in Nigeria as recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in its report last week, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting … read more
Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha served as the right-hand man of Nigeria’s feared and final military dictator, suppressing dissent through fear and once boasting of even having a “license to kill.” Now, after nearly 14 years in prison, he’s finally facing trial … read more
Gunmen killed five people and wounded four others in a nighttime attack on a rural village in central Nigeria, leaving the dead mutilated with machete wounds in a region where ethnic and religious violence stirs easily. Meanwhile, authorities said two … read more
Nigeria is a crowded place — it’s the most populous nation in Africa, with about 155 million people. That huge population is a concern, and in the past 20 years, the birth rate has barely changed, according to the country’s … read more
Africa may have its second nuclear power station within years. The first one was built in South African Republic in 1984, while the second station in planned in Nigeria. Russia is likely to run the project. The sides have already … read more