All legal impediments to the 2011 general elections in Nigeria have been cleared with the signing into law of the 2010 Electoral Bill and the release of 87.7 billion Naira for the compilation of a new voters’ register (US$1=150 Naira). … read more
What sort of hanky-panky is going on at the official website of the Federal Republic of Nigeria paid for by the hard-working Nigerian Tax Payers? http://nigeria.gov.ng/ It may look like an official government website but click on BLOG at the … read more
The Rev Colin Coward, 64, a priest at St John the Baptist church in Devizes, Wilts, is to enter into a civil partnership with his boyfriend Bobby Egbele, 25. The union has caused a stir among Christians because the couple … read more
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in northern Nigerian has risen to 231 while 4,600 others have been infected, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said on Thursday. “As of two or three days ago, the figure we have in the … read more
Nigerian women protesters have besieged the site of a Chevron Corp. natural gas pipeline project in the Niger River delta, halting construction work for the second time in two months. The women, who are demanding electricity for their community and … read more
Residents of Eti-Osa East and West Local Councils in Lagos State yesterday blocked traffic along the Lekki- Epe expressway to protest plans by the state government to collect tolls from vehicles plying the 24km road. Workers, students and other commuters … read more
Speculation has been growing as President Goodluck Jonathan, who was appointed to his post earlier this year, ponders whether to run for election. On the streets of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, unusual posters are appearing. Hastily formed lobby groups are plastering … read more
As part of efforts to prevent a repeat of the attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old suspected Nigerian terrorist, who tried to blow up a US- bound aircraft on December 25, 2010, Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding … read more
Shell in Nigeria on Wednesday said it has warned it may not meet contractual obligations on Bonny Light crude, after oil thieves sabotaged two pipelines in the country’s south. “The force majeure we declared is effective from August 16 at … read more
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has slammed the New York- based Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its report, released Tuesday, revealing pervasive police corruption in Nigeria. In a statement issued in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, by its spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, the … read more