Nigeria’s interior minister said Wednesday suspected Islamists who freed hundreds of inmates in an attack on a prison had “overwhelming firepower” and guards were unable to stop them. “Due to the overwhelming firepower which the attackers deployed on their mission, … read more
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military, intelligence and police chiefs, his office said on Wednesday, ahead of January elections in the oil-rich country. Jonathan, who took over after the death of president Umaru Yar’Adua in May, did not … read more
The corruption case brought against four former officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been adjourned until October 5. Justice Donatus Okorowa of the Abuja Federal High Court also disclosed that his officials have begun a verification of the … read more
About half of the Nigerian population cannot read, according to the minister of state for education on Tuesday in Abuja. Out of these, about 60 per cent are women. While briefing the press on yesterday’s celebration of International Literacy Day, … read more
Like a recurring bad dream, one of the violence prone fault lines running across the country erupted again on Tuesday, sending residents of Bauchi running helter skelter and causing the death of some officers of the Nigerian security apparatus and … read more
Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year attacked a prison in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, officials said, sparking a fierce gun battle with authorities. Authorities in Bauchi said they repelled the attack, which followed a … read more
Nigerian authorities on Tuesday banned night time use of motorcycles in a northern state after a spate of killings by bike-riding gunmen suspected of being Islamist sect members. Motorcycles will be banned from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am in Borno, … read more
Nigeria will hold its presidential ballot on January 22, officials said Tuesday, leaving little time to prepare in Africa’s most populous nation, where elections have regularly been plagued by fraud. The electoral commission’s announcement of the date comes with President … read more
Four Nigerian former football officials have been arrested amid accusations that some $8m (£5m) went missing during the World Cup finals in South Africa. The four, who include former football federation head Sani Lulu Abdullahi, are due to appear in … read more
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed 781 lives from 3,000 reported cases, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. The minister made the statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, at a media briefing to intimate Nigerians on current … read more