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Gunmen kill prison officer in central north

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

Ibori corruption case features in leaked US cable

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

Arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia?

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

BlackBerry Apps launched in Nigeria

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

Presidential race kicks off

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