Nigeria is in the throes of a constitutional and political crisis. A disabled President confronts his mortality in a foreign land while a captive Vice President comes to terms with his impotence at home. A brutalised people do not know … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have raided the offices of the U.S. oilfield services group Halliburton and arrested 12 people in a bribery case involving the former Halliburton unit KBR Inc, a spokesman said on Saturday. The U.S. firm said the detentions, … read more
The arrest this week of the second-in-command of one of Japan’s criminal organisations is a lesson for Nigeria. Kiyoshi Takayama has led Yamaguchi-gumi, one of the most powerful arms of the Yakuza criminal group, while its leader, Kenichi Shinoda, has … read more
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chukwuma Soludo, is under the radar of British crime investigators who want to understand his role in the N29 billion polymer banknote contract issued during his tenure. Between 2006 and … read more
The dastardly October 1 bombing incident in which several lives were lost has triggered off a seemingly full-fledged war in the Niger Delta, with the military poised to flush out remnants of the Niger Delta militants. Once more, the region … read more
Nigeria requires a capital investment of about 520 billion naira (about US$ 3.4 billion) every year, to increase current electricity generation capacity of 4,200 megawatts (MW) to 13,000 MW by 2013, local media reports quoted the Special Adviser to the … read more
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, raided the office of a Swiss logistics company, Panalpina, in Lagos and arrested 11 of its top officials over an alleged distribution of $240 million bribes to some officials … read more
A Nigerian court on Friday annulled the election of the governor of the southwestern state of Osun and installed his opposition rival, in the latest blow to the ruling party ahead of national elections next April. The court ruled that … read more
Police in northern Nigeria say they’ve found arms in the house of a man believed to be a member of a radical Muslim sect. Bauchi state police chief, Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa, said Friday that the police found a Kalashnikov rifle, … read more
A Nigerian court on Thursday charged an Iranian and three Nigerians over an illegal arms shipment including rockets and mortars discovered at the West African country’s main port and sent from Iran. The Iranian, Azim Aghajani, was identified in court … read more