Multiple blasts have rocked a city in Nigeria’s restive northeast where a radical Muslim sect is accused of a rash of targeted killings, authorities said Thursday. A spokesman for Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said that the three blasts appear … read more
The alleged threat of sack issued by the management of Air Nigeria to its workers to agree to a pay cut or be sacked has reached its peak, as those who are uncomfortable with the threat are said to be … read more
One of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists – as well as one of its most divisive personalities – former President Olusegun Obasanjo has indicated interest to finally retire from active politics. He told Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains from Lagos State who … read more
At least 9,253 about 8.9 percent were tested positive to the Human Immune Virus, HIV in the Lagos State in the last one year. Also the three most prevalent diseases managed in the 7,211 patients attended to during the period … read more
The Lagos State’s debt profile, as of April 30, 2011, stands at N124.188billion, according to data released by the state’s ministry of finance. The figure was contained in an address presented on Thursday by the state finance commissioner, Rotimi Oyekan, … read more
Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, who predicted that Nigeria may not survive as a nation after the 2011 elections, has been denied visa to Nigeria, the Associated Press quoted foreign ministry officials as saying Wednesday. Campbell had … read more
The Rivers State police command has deployed 20,000 policemen for the local government election in the state scheduled for May 21. Suleiman Abba, the Commissioner of Police in the state, told a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that … read more
Nigeria plans to celebrate 10 years of GSM service in the country. According to Nigeria ICT Broadcasters Network (NIBN), an influential ICT body of producers and publishers, they will publish a documentary that features the mobile market transformation in the … read more
Background The concept of Islamic Finance is currently expanding globally at an astronomical rate and gaining grounds in various Islamic and non-Islamic markets alike. This is evident in a recent forecast by Moody’s rating agency, which estimates that the current … read more
Nigeria’s military has arrested more than 150 people after a weekend ambush on an army patrol blamed on members of a radical Islamist sect, a spokesman said on Tuesday. “We have made over 150 arrests of suspects in the ambush … read more