Some women’s groups in Nigeria have threatened to sue Senator Sani Yerima, a former governor who first introduced the controversial Sharia law in Zamafara State, Northern Nigeria, in 1999 when he assumed office as governor, for marrying a 13-year-old Egyptian … read more
A major US TV network has aired videos showing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US airliner, training to carry out attacks. The videos, produced by al-Qaeda in Yemen and obtained by a Yemeni … read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ordered a Norwegian oil firm, Statoil Nigeria Limited to ensure that proceeds accruing to it from the 18.5 per cent interest in the Agbami oil field operated by ChevronTexaco and located in concession … read more
The police in oil rich Nigeria’s Abia State has confirmed the release of the two German nationals abducted by gunmen operating in the region. State police spokesperson Ali Okechukwu confirmed this to Xinhua on Saturday night. The two, both male, … read more
Five people died Saturday in a new outbreak of sectarian bloodshed in the Nigerian city of Jos, as angry youths sought revenge for the death of a Muslim teenager, police and residents said. Hundreds of Muslim youths went on the … read more
An outbreak of public infighting within Nigeria’s governing party this week has exposed how confused the country’s politics remain in the wake of the recent shaky transfer of power at the top, analysts contend. The ruling People’s Democratic Party, or … read more
The Nigerian government has announced plans to execute all death row inmates in the country’s prisons. The governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji, spoke on behalf of the government after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Abuja. … read more
Mixed reactions Friday greeted the Nigerian acting leader’s enactment of a law giving preference to local service firms in the oil business, a sector hitherto dominated by multinational giants. “The bill signed into law by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on … read more
SSS directed to trail sponsors II Posters and handbillsdesigned to persuade Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2011 presidential election have flooded the Federal Capital Territory. But Jonathan has washed his hands off the posters and directed the State … read more
THREE police men were reportedly killed in Port Harcourt on Thursday evening during an encounter with some robbers. Though the state Police Public Relations officer, Dr Mrs Rita Innoma Abbey, confirmed the death of one, eye witnesses who saw the … read more