Nigeria is to question a former minister Tuesday about allegations of corruption, two days after he returned from self-exile in Britain, anti-graft police said. Nasir el-Rufai, who was minister of Nigeria’s capital Abuja for four years until 2007, is suspected … read more
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has said it will soon increase electricity output from the Afam V1 power plant from 450 to 650 mega watts, Shell’s Corporate Media Relations Manager, Mr. Tony Okonedo, said in a statement on … read more
Nigeria’s main Opposition party, the Action Congress (AC), has asked the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Vincent Ogbulafor, to step down from his high office, against the backdrop of his impending trial over alleged monumental fraud … read more
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has resolved its accommodation problems ahead of the World Cup in South Africa. The Super Eagles will now stay at the Protea Waterfront Hotel at Richards Bay after dumping Hampshire Hotel The Fifa accommodation office, Match, … read more
A car exploded late on Sunday at a mechanic workshop in Yenagoa, oil rich Nigeria’s Bayelsa State capital,eyewitness said on Monday. Although no casualty was reported, the incident drew the attention of observers as it occurred on INEC Street where … read more
Workers in the Nigerian civil service, under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), on Friday gave the Federal Government notice that they would would embark on a five-day warning strike from Monday following “government’s indifference to their demands … read more
New Nigerian pay television network NN24 will launch 24-hour news coverage from Monday, styling itself on US broadcaster CNN in a first for the West African country, it said. The Lagos-based channel has a partnership deal with CNN International and … read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the government of the United Kingdom to revoke the visa issued to Sani Yerima, a former governor of Zamfara State and a serving senator at heart of a scandal involving his … read more
The Federal Government has asked the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to desist from airing a documentary on Nigeria which portrayed the city of Lagos as a slum. The documentary entitled, “Welcome to Lagos,” was broadcast on BBC2 in the United … read more
CONFUSION is said to be reigning in the camp of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, following disagreements over the next step to take on the ailing leader. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune indicated that members of the cabal around the ailing … read more