FOR fear of reprisal attacks on facilities belonging to the United States (US) in the country, over the killing of Osama bin Laden, the Federal Government yesterday reinforced security at the US Embassy. Osama, the leader of a terrorist network … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed all security agencies in the country to remain on full alert, especially in identified flashpoints across the country, to thwart any further attempt to breach the peace of the country. The President, who is currently … read more
Nigerian students at the National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine have rioted against the school’s Nigerian representative whom the students alleged defrauded them of thousands of dollars during the admission process. Charity Luba Consultancy, which arranges Nigerian students for … read more
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan deserves congratulation for his victory at the presidential polls last month. However, we also know that the congratulation will not take him very far. Nigerians elected him because he represented hope and the future of Nigeria … read more
The United States has killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and recovered his body, according to numerous media reports May 1 citing U.S. officials. It is not clear precisely how bin Laden was killed or how his body was … read more
Just when Nigerians were beginning to bask in the euphoria of a possible dawn of a new era following the relative success of the National Assembly elections on April 9, the aftermath of the presidential polls that followed a week … read more
The last of the three-phase general elections, held 26 and 28 April, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this past week. Beginning with the National Assembly (parliamentary) polls on 9 April and the presidential election 16 April, the general elections were … read more
The chief observer of the EU Election Observation Mission in Nigeria, Alojz Peterle, has described the governorship and state assembly elections as smooth and credible. The EU official in a statement to reporters in Abuja on Friday said the Independent … read more
The Nigerian workers are set to troop into the Eagles Square venue of the National May Day Rally, in Abuja, with expectations from President Goodluck Jonathan, to announce the effective take off of the N18,000 minimum wage. Already, the Nigeria … read more
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said killings in the country’s north amid widespread rioting following presidential elections were pre-planned, local media reported on Friday. Several Nigerian newspapers quoted Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate, speaking of pre-planned violence and … read more