A recent upsurge in pre-vote violence in Nigeria poses a challenge to Nigeria’s April elections, a team of foreign election observers said on Friday. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, holds presidential elections on April 9, a week after legislative polls … read more
About a dozen people are feared dead and many more were injured in an explosion that rocked a political party rally in Suleja in Nigeria’s northern Niger state Thursday, according to emergency services and eyewitness accounts. The explosion rocked a … read more
In the wake of crises in the mid-east, none has posed more danger to Nigerians like the on going onslaught and massacre in Libya. Statistics put together by our organization through, Mr. Ben Igbokwe, and Mr. Solomon Okoduwa, both Nigerians … read more
Nigerian police say members of a radical Muslim sect have killed two police officers in the country’s troubled northeast. Borno State police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Wednesday that three gunmen shot dead Santal Ali, 43, at his home in the … read more
A leader of Nigeria’s main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was quizzed by the State Security Service (SSS) in the capital city of Abuja Tuesday, over alleged inciting comments against the President. A source close to … read more
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has kicked off its campaign in Dutse, Jigawa State, in the Northwestern part of Nigeria. The event which attracted a crowd of over 10,000 persons had in attendance, ACN chieftains, state governors and governorship … read more
A woman says five of her relatives were shot dead in central Nigeria and that she survived with her husband and son by hiding behind a metal door. Gloria Ezekiel Dagut told The Associated Press on Monday that gunmen attacked … read more
Nigeria government has declared two men wanted for crimes of kidnapping, terrorism and announced USD 65,000 reward for providing useful information regarding their whereabouts. “The two men Inusa Bello (21) and Abdullahi Yunusa (24) are wanted for crimes against the … read more
After over 70 years of operation in Nigeria, British Airways has appointed Kola Olayinka as the airline’s first indigenous country manager. According to the airline, the appointment followed an extensive search spanning several months to find the best person for … read more
Police said Sunday they had shot dead a man financing a radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria and arrested another man suspected of supplying the group with arms. The man financing the Bokom Haram sect, Alhaji Salisu Damaturu, was killed … read more