Barely one week after suspected kidnappers abducted two men in front of the Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri, another abduction was pulled off, on Monday at the state capital by four gunmen. The victim, a Lebanese engineer with Roy Construction Company, supervising … read more
He can move the oil price, give warning of car bombs and shape the political battle for control of Africa’s biggest energy producer. Yet the most remarkable thing about Jomo Gbomo, spokesman for the militants of Nigeria’s oil province, is … read more
Nigerians have reacted variously to Friday’s jailing of top Nigeria banker Cecilia Ibru for abuse of office and mismanagement of depositors’ fund, after she reversed her non-guilty plea and cut a deal with the anti-corruption Economic and Financial Crimes Commission … read more
Commonwealth Games women’s 100m winner Osayemi Oludamola, who claimed gold when Australia’s Sally Pearson was controversially disqualified for false-starting, has failed a dope test, a report said Monday. The Sydney Morning Herald said a senior Games anti-doping official confirmed the … read more
(Reuters) – Britain needs to enforce money laundering regulations more strictly after some of its leading high street banks accepted millions of pounds in deposits from corrupt Nigerian politicians, a graft watchdog said on Monday. Global Witness said in a … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan, at the weekend ordered the deployment of over 2000 soldiers to Abia State and environs in a determined efforts to rid the state of criminals. A competent Police source, presently in Aba, one of the commercial cities … read more
Suspected radical Islamists on Saturday shot dead an outspoken cleric in the latest of a series of killings in Nigeria blamed on a sect that staged a bloody uprising last year, police said. Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead … read more
A federal judge has allowed Nigeria’s secret police to hold four suspects for an additional two weeks of questioning over the car bombs that struck the nation’s capital during an independence ceremony. Chief Magistrate Oyeyeola Oyewumi’s decision Friday gives Nigeria’s … read more
Self determination, luck and strong-will rather than adequate preparations has kept Nigeria’s flag flying high at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. The athletes had been unable to embark on foreign tours to help sharpen their skills and … read more
The country may have effectively gained entry into the world’s ignoble chart of countries where bomb blasting terrorists have successfully penetrated to prosecute their evil inclinations and turn people’s lives into one big living hell. Before now, the country was … read more