Apparently determined to make quick money, the abductors of the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government (SSG), Mr. Waje Yayok, have revised the ransom downward from N40 million to N15 million. A top public official of the state, who confirmed … read more
Unknown gunmen who kidnapped the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government [SSG] Mr. Waje Yayok at his country home on Monday night yesterday demanded that N40 million be paid as ransom for his release. Shock and anxiety enveloped the state … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has reiterated it would not surrender its arms irrespective of any possibility of dialogue with the government. But with barely 11 days to the deadline for militants to surrender their … read more
Preparatory to a planned strike, two Nigerian aviation unions on Tuesday disclosed that they have warned their foreign associates not to fly into the country as from today, stressing that any aircraft that flies into Nigeria will do so at … read more
Nigeria’s Central Bank governor says he has no regrets over his controversial shake-up and reform of the country’s banking system. Lamido Sanusi defended his position and answered listener’s questions on the BBC’s Africa Have Your Say programme. He said that … read more
The Most Revd Nicholas Okoh, who believes that Christianity is under attack from Islam, was elected primate of Nigeria earlier this month, making him one of the powerful figures in Anglicanism. Nigeria, where the Anglican church has 17 million adherents, … read more
For anyone who has seen the hit film District 9, it’s no surprise a Nigerian minister would be upset by it. The science fiction film, set in South Africa, is an allegory on segregation and xenophobia, with alien life forms … read more
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua will today depart Nigeria for Saudi Arabia on what the presidency said was a working visit to that country. In a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr … read more
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Rilwan Lukman had said a few weeks ago that the federal government would by Novemeer remove subsidy on pump price of petroleum products in the country to enable government use the subsidy funds in other productive … read more
Members of the notorious Boko Haram religious sect that scattered from Maiduguri after their violent clash with the authorities last July are regrouping in Kano State, state Controller of Prisons Alhaji Lawan Abubakar said in Kano yesterday. He also said … read more