A German, whose name was given as Reinhardt Fleischer was, on Wednesday, detained by the police in the National Assembly, Abuja, for beating a Nigerian, John Adeniyi, into a state of unconsciousness. Both Fleischer and the Nigerian are staff of … read more
A container full of arms and ammunition has been seized by Nigerian customs officers in Lagos harbour. One person has been arrested and officials are searching for the owner of the arms, which came in from the US. A BBC … read more
Ogun State Police Command has beefed up security around expatriates in the state over a recent kidnapping and subsequent murder of a French national, Christian Pelarmorgues, a staff of Lafarge Cement WAPCO on Tuesday. This is as the elder brother … read more
Concerns over the possibility of losing 16 prolific oil mining leases (OMLs) held for over 40 years by the international oil companies (IOCs) has led to intense lobbying and intrigues to delay the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently … read more
GOVERNORS of the thirty-six states of the federation, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, yesterday, called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to treat kidnapping in the country the way he addressed that of the militancy in the Niger Delta. … read more
The explosion of Information Technology in Nigeria has meant that more people have access to internet connection and other innovative IT solutions, but this has brought its own ills. Two years ago, the Internet Crime Report ranked the country tops … read more
Did James Ibori, former governor of Delta State lie to the general public when he denied in many media outings that he had been convicted for crime s in the United Kingdom? Certified court papers, now exclusively available to NEXT, … read more
A French national with the Lafarge CementWAPCO Nigeria Plc, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was feared killed on Monday by suspected kidnappers. Details of the incident remained scanty as at 8pm on Tuesday but a source said the … read more
Three militant commanders responsible for many of the attacks that have curtailed Nigeria’s oil production agreed on Sunday to lay down their weapons after accepting the government’s offer of amnesty at the 11th hour. The gunmen’s emergence from their bases … read more
The general state of insecurity in the country may have reached a stage where virtually everybody is now worried the direction the country is headed. Presently, hardly can people sleep with both eyes closed or for fear of being attacked. … read more