By: Mfonobong Nsehe I was hoping that at some point, Nigeria’s two billionaires — Mike Adenuga and Aliko Dangote — would participate in Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge. But that is very unlikely. Even though several Nigerian millionaires have more money … read more
Leading opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has denied a report published by a section of the media Friday that it had made a U-turn and decided to join the Government of National Unity (GNU) being planned by … read more
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Thursday confirmed that a total of 18 people died in the 29 May inauguration day bomb blasts in the northern town of Bauchi and Zuba, on the outskirt of the national capital of Abuja. … read more
Indicating his preference for a coalition federal government, Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday held a consultative meeting with the leaders of major political parties in Nigeria, enlisting their support towards the implementation of his government’s transformation agenda. President … read more
Nigeria’s National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the shortlisting of 525 bids of firms seeking to take over the generation and distribution companies that will emerge from the privatisation of the country’s power monopoly, Power Holding Company of Nigeria … read more
The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has called on the country’s government to empower security agencies to enable them to tackle the various security challenges in the country. Abdulwahed Omar, President of the NLC made the call while briefing reporters on … read more
As citizens, we are all stakeholders in the fate of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. For more than four decades, our leaders and their appointees have concentrated on the upstream sector (i.e. crude oil extraction and marketing), hence neglecting the … read more
Nigerian police raided a so-called baby factory in the south-eastern city of Aba, rescuing 32 pregnant teenage girls who were allegedly being held captive in order to have their babies bought, the AFP reports. Authorities claim the raided home in … read more
The ministry of foreign affairs will constitute a disciplinary committee to dig out facts surrounding the allegation of wife battery levelled against Chijioke Wigwe, the recalled Nigerian High Commissioner to Kenya, the ministry’s director of crisis management and public communications, … read more
A radical Islamist sect in remote northeastern Nigeria claimed responsibility on Wednesday for co-ordinated bombs that killed at least 16 people hours after President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in. A spokesman for Boko Haram, a militant group behind years of … read more