There have been clashes between police and opposition protesters in Lafia in north-central Nasarawa state. Witnesses say police fired tear gas and shot in the air to disperse the crowds who were burning tyres in the streets. The unrest follows … read more
The police in central north Nigeria’s Kogi state said on Wednesday that unknown gunmen had killed a senior official of the Nigeria Prison Service in the state. State police spokesperson Ajayi Okasanmi told reporters in Lokoja, the state capital that … read more
The Nigerian Government refused to discuss a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain unless the Crown Prosecution Service dropped corruption charges against a favoured member of the ruling party, documents leaked by WikiLeaks disclose. The Telegraph reports that a diplomatic cable … read more
The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show. The cables, released by WikiLeaks, urge Washington to take seriously … read more
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has secured the release of 27 ex-militants detained by the Ghanaian authorities over unruly behaviour at the vocational institute where … read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Monday signed a contract agreement with seven contracting partners to drive the SIM Card registration process for six months. The seven contracting partners will handle the registration process in different parts of the country. The … read more
Tehran’s ambassador to Nigeria said Tuesday that arms seized in October at a port in Lagos were destined for the Gambia and followed an agreement between Iran and the small West African nation. The controversial arms shipment sent from Iran … read more
Developers of the Blackberry phone; Research In Motion (RIM) has through it’s Managing Director for Africa, Mr. Deon Liebenberg announced that the Blackberry App World, an application that had initially been closed to users on the continent has now been … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan who is contesting for the presidency under the Peoples Democratic Party PDP kicked off his campaign in Lafia, the capital of the North Central Nigerian state of Nasarawa. There are other presidential candidates in opposition political parties … read more
A US appeals court refused to reconsider a lawsuit that accused Royal Dutch Shell of helping Nigerian authorities violently suppress protests against oil exploration in the 1990s. In a divided vote that prompted a bitter debate among some of its … read more