Three Britons and a Colombian kidnapped last week in Nigeria’s Delta region have been freed, local police say. Gunmen snatched the group, who were working for oil giant Shell, near the city of Port Harcourt last Tuesday, killing a Nigerian … read more
About 5,000 people were displaced in Nigeria as clashes between Christians and Muslims erupted in Jos, a city that saw more than 300 residents killed during a similar uprising in 2008. Twenty-six people were dead and 69 injured as rioters … read more
THE United Kingdom (UK) has restated its commitment to Nigeria’s drive to attain energy security. Acting British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter West, yesterday disclosed the position of his country during a workshop aimed at improving operations of the … read more
The Federal Ministry of Health yesterday warned the public to beware of the deadly HINI Influenza virus, commonly known as Swine flu, as Nigeria has officially recorded its first death from the pandemic. Before the latest case, there was a … read more
Nasarawa Gwom in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State remained a ghost town yesterday, a day after the violence in which scores died. A similar disturbance occurred in the area 14 months ago. Despite the gradual return of … read more
FIRST civilian governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, declared at Patani in Delta State, weekend, that militan-cy was dead and no longer fashionable as far as the liberation of the Ijaw ethnic nationality and Niger-Delta was concerned. Also, former … read more
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on Sunday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos after the check-in system at the airport crashed. The system breakdown, which occurred in the morning, prompted international airline operators at the airport to … read more
The perennial fuel scarcity rocking Nigeria may persist till May, Sunday Independent gathered at the weekend. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which was hitherto responsible for importation of 47 per cent out of the 32 million litres of fuel … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the weekend, said it had sealed off 104 properties and confiscated shares in 77 companies belonging to the sacked Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru. The anti-graft agency, however, … read more
THREE days after Prof. Wole Soyinka led a protest against the power vacuum created by the absence of President Umaru Yar’Adua, the Nobel Laureate yesterday canvassed more demonstrations to check the nation’s political crisis. Also, concerned with the nation’s political … read more