Sometime in the next five months, Nigeria will probably have a presidential election. But as the likely deadline looms, there is no election date, no list of candidates and not even a real list of voters in a country of … read more
The much awaited enforcement of laws regulating the operations of commercial motorcyclists otherwise known as Okada riders commences today in Lagos State. LEADERSHIP investigation carried out on Tuesday revealed that officers of the state task force have already detailed its … read more
All those who took bribes in awarding the contract for Africa’s first liquefied natural gas plant will soon be charged to court, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, said yesterday in Abuja. He said … read more
Exciting times are in the offing for telecommunications consumers, as some firms are beginning to take advantage of the enormous bandwidth capacity on offer from new fibre-optic cable systems which are rolling out in the country to strengthen existing services … read more
Gunmen have shot and critically wounded two aides to a governor in northern Nigeria, officials said Monday, with violence in the region already building ahead of January elections. A security aide and a political assistant to Bauchi state governor Isa … read more
Assessment of damage from crude spills in part of Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger River delta is being hindered by “angry mobs,” an official of the United Nations Environment Program said. Work in the Gokana local government area, one of four councils … read more
There is controversy in Nigeria about the identity of a man linked to the president who was kidnapped and freed in a dramatic rescue over the weekend. Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, a key political ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, was abducted … read more
Violence targeting politicians and their aides appears to be increasing in northern Nigeria as next year’s elections draw closer in Africa’s most populous nation. Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot and killed a personal assistant to Bauchi state Gov. Malam Isa … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday laid out plans to privatise most of the country’s power sector, with corruption and mismanagement leading to daily outages in the oil-rich nation. “We need a revolution in the power sector,” Jonathan said in what … read more
Nigeria’s National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the umbrella group for the country’s electricity workers, Thursday called off its nationwide strike, which started We dnesday, after reaching an agreement with the federal government. NUEE Spokesman Temple Iworima Owirima told journalists … read more