The Federal Government, last Friday, charged 91 persons suspected to have participated in the brutal killing of residents of Dogo Nahawa and Razat villages of Plateau State before a Federal High Court sitting in Jos. All the accused persons charged … read more
Less than three months to the end of Professor Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has sent him on a pre-disengagement leave. A professor of pharmacognosy, Iwu was appointed chairman … read more
Nigeria’s senate Wednesday ordered a probe into a prominent lawmaker’s alleged marriage to a 13-year-old Egyptian girl, after the national rights watchdog and other 10 groups accused him of shaming the country. The petition by the 11 bodies to the … read more
A new Nigerian law that gives preference to local service companies also guarantees fair access to foreign oil companies who want to do business in the west African country, the oil minister said. Petroleum Minister Diezani Madueke said the new … read more
Head of the Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) faces compulsory resignation after a rebelling faction of the party demanding reform have charged him with fraud. The accusation and a summon for a court appearance have come ahead of an … read more
Italian oil company Eni SpA said Wednesday a disruption at its subsidiary’s Brass River oil operation had cut production back by 12,000 barrels a day in the Niger Delta, an area often beset by militant attacks. A Eni spokesman told … read more
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan called his ruling part to order Tuesday amid squabbling between factions over candidates for the 2011 presidential vote that he said “court anarchy”. Jonathan also slapped down “premature” suggestions that he would be the Peoples Democratic … read more
Former militant commanders in Rivers and Bayelsa states have called on the Presidency to probe the diversion of over N50bn by the committee in charge of implementing the amnesty. Although the committee has been disbanded, the ex-militant leaders urged Acting … read more
Convinced that Space Science is critical in the development of any nation, Nigeria has completed work in the building of two more earth observation satellites, NigeriaSat 2 and Nigeria Sat X, said Seidu Mohammed, the Director General of National Space … read more
Four months after the botched bomb attack on an American aircraft by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the United States has revealed that spelling error by its embassy officials who processed the information provided by the suspect’s father before the incident, allowed … read more