Nigerian officials have begun preparing a plan to sell the crippled state electricity system. Goodluck Jonathan, the president, has privately signalled his support for a reform blueprint, including a potential multi-billion dollar sale of state-owned distribution companies and power plants. … read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned Goodluck Jonathan against the implementation of what it called “the ill-advised policy to increase electricity tariffs”, saying that any attempt to do so would only add to the burden of the citizens. The NLC, … read more
If found guilty of marriage to a child, Ahmed Yerima, a senator and the former governor of Zamfara state faces five years imprisonment, the director of legal service, National Human Rights Commission, Olukayode Sebanjo have said. Mr. Sebanjo made the … read more
A Nigerian court will hear a motion next month seeking to bar US firm Pfizer from conducting DNA tests to determine compensation for children who died or were deformed in a drug trial, court papers showed on Wednesday. Lawyers of … read more
Two top United Nations officials on Wednesday condemned Sani Ahmed Yerima’s marriage to a 13-year old Egyptian girl, calling it a sale of a child and against acceptable international practices and relevant conventions of the UN, Empowered Newswire reports. Speaking … read more
Leaders of some disbanded militant groups in the Niger Delta have assured Nigerians of their commitment to the amnesty programme, even as they faulted the recent protest by their followers over their monthly allowance. On Monday, the former militants protested … read more
AGAIN, the United States (U.S.) said yesterday that nothing other than a free, fair and transparent elections should be expected in Nigeria next year. Working on both sides to actualise this, according to the U.S. Under Secretary for Democracy and … read more
NIGERIA and some other African countries have been indicted in the 2010 Amnesty International’s report on the state of human rights all over the world, thus making the countries the world’s worst clime for human rights offences, ranging from forced … read more
An African statesman who shares a political platform with Kofi Annan, Tony Blair and Bob Geldof has condemned homosexuality as an “abomination”, dismissing individuals’ right to privacy with the riposte: “You want to make love to a horse?” Olusegun Obasanjo, … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has set up a team to investigate properties and assets whose means of acquisition cannot be explained by their owners as part of efforts to intensify the fight against graft and stem the … read more