It is amusing to note the comparisons that various commentators have drawn in several quarters in recent times between the Boko Haram Sect and the Niger Delta militia. For a quick start, both are definitely outlets for dissipation of energy … read more
As part of efforts to boost Nigeria’s electricity generation capacity, the Federal Government is set to sign an agreement with the Russian Federation that will culminate in the building of the nation’s first nuclear power plant. Consequently, Minister of Science … read more
Nigeria urgently requires a broadband policy to improve its rating on the global ICT league table, says Ernest Ndukwe, former executive vice-chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission. Ndukwe, who was the keynote speaker at the stakeholders’ conference and exhibition on … read more
The announcement came a few days after Amnesty International urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately put a stop to unlawful killings by security forces, in the wake of the alleged killing of at least 23 people by soldiers following a … read more
Acting Scribe of the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Owei Lakemfa said in the northern city of Kaduna Wednesday that the congress would not spare any of the 36 state governors who fails to pay the minimum wage. Mr. Lakemfa … read more
Bomb explosion in a bustling part of Maiduguri metropolis in northern Nigeria killed eight persons and injured many. Though the military declined commenting on the blast, eyewitnesses said the attack was done in a characteristic akin to attacks by Islamic … read more
Organised labour yesterday resolved to continue with the three- day warning strike planned to start today nationwide,despite continued persuasion by the federal and state governments to call it off. The strike is to protest refusal to implement the N18,000 minimum … read more
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said yesterday that Britain would support Nigeria in its anti-terrorism security after a string of deadly bombings across the country. Cameron, who arrived Nigeria yesterday, said at a media conference with President Goodluck Jonathan in … read more
Five Nigerian police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges that they killed the leader of a radical Islamic sect two years ago. The officers were charged Tuesday at a court in the capital, Abuja, with “unlawfully killing” Mallam Mohammed … read more
A UK-based anti-child abuse charity organisation, AFRUCA, is working with UK groups to make branding of African children as witches a criminal offence in the United Kingdom. AFRUCA Founder and Director, Debbie Ariyo, who disclosed this in London over the … read more