At least 10 per cent of all heavy equipment for use in the Nigerian oil and gas industry must be manufactured and supplied locally, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said. NCDMB executive secretary, Ernest Nwapa, said … read more
At least six people were killed Wednesday and 30 rescued when a four-storey building collapsed in the central business district of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, an emergency rescue source said. “Six people were pulled out dead and there are more … read more
Three soldiers were injured Wednesday when a bomb hit a military checkpoint in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where attacks by suspected Islamist radicals have killed dozens, the army said. The blast occurred early morning near a food … read more
‘At the end of the exercise, we will know what to adopt. They are Nigerians and we have to talk to them to drop their reasons,’ Ogar said, adding that “yes, we have arrested key commanders of the cells. And … read more
A heavy explosion followed by bursts of sporadic gunfire hit the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri on Wednesday, where a militant Islamist sect has been waging a campaign of violence. The blast, which appeared to come from the centre of … read more
Nigeria’s state security service (SSS) said on Monday it had arrested more than 100 suspected members of radical Islamist sect Boko Haram and had foiled a spate of attempted bombings in the past month and a half. Guerrilla attacks on … read more
Shell Petroleum development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has linked the rampant cases of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta to international criminal network, and called on all stakeholders to take urgent steps to check the dangerous trend. According to … read more
Plans to introduce Islamic banking as one of the models of non-interest financial services has touched off intense controversy in religiously divided Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) two weeks ago published a final set of regulations on non-interest … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan will finish naming his new administration in the coming days, a team which could make or break the nation’s hopes of forging ahead with reforms over the next four years. Jonathan, who was sworn in for his … read more
According to this article published in the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper, British Spy Chiefs have reason to believe that Al Qadea has plans of turning Nigeria into its headquarters. Spy chiefs have warned David Cameron that al-Qaeda is determined to … read more