Nigeria’s government is sending new troops to tackle violence in the central city of Jos, with the first batch of more than 500 soldiers reaching the area yesterday, Brigadier-General Umaru Hassan said. The troops will replace members of a special … read more
A Nigerian court on Tuesday set a new trial date for later this month for an alleged Iranian Revolutionary Guard member charged over an illegal arms shipment seized in October in the West African country. Azim Aghajani and Nigerian suspect … read more
Mukhtari Ibrahim Aminu, the man arrested and arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Dutse for allegedly insulting Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Facebook has been remanded in prison till February, 7, 2011. The accused person was arrested by … read more
The Ministry of Aviation is planning to build a new international airport in Abuja and to remodel seven others across Nigeria. The permanent secretary of the ministry, Ann Ettah, said this yesterday in Abuja while assessing the performance of the … read more
Nigeria may soon begin the production of power generation equipment, as a manufacturing outfit in Turkey is to establish a plant in Nigeria. When set up, Nigeria will not only meet the nation’s power needs in terms of equipment but … read more
The trial of an alleged Iranian Revolutionary Guard over an illegal arms shipment seized in Nigeria was delayed on Monday, with prosecutors seeking to have the case moved from the capital to Lagos. Prosecutors withdrew charges against Azim Aghajani and … read more
Ali Yako says the drugs they gave his four-year-old son as part of a Pfizer drug trial as he suffered from meningitis first made the boy deaf before eventually killing him. A measure of relief came only years later, when … read more
Bank set ablaze as policeman kills pregnant woman It was a bloody morning in Abuja yesterday when a policeman attached to a new generation bank in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) shot dead an expectant woman … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Date: Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:07 AM Subject: Attack reminder Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D) views with scum the appointment of a new … read more
A subsidiary of Italian energy giant ENI and five managers will go before a judge in Milan over charges of bribery in Nigeria, legal sources told AFP Wednesday. A Milan judge has decided that Saipem, controlled by the gas and … read more