They were woken by shouts. As uniformed officers flooded into Otodo Gbamé at 5.30am on Sunday, April 9, residents fled, piling their families and some belongings into canoes and pushing out from their waterside town. They drifted in the water … read more
A road safety commander in Nigeria has been suspended after cutting the hair of female traffic officers as punishment for violating the unit’s dress code. Andrew Kumapayi, the commander of the Rivers State Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), was stood … read more
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what Amnesty International described on Tuesday as a “massive and worrying spike”. In its annual global report on the death penalty, the … read more
Health officials say Nigeria’s meningitis outbreak has killed at least 489 people as of Monday. Health Minister Isaac Adewole says 4,637 meningitis cases have been confirmed. The federal government has kicked off a nationwide vaccination campaign for millions of people, … read more
Nigerian security officials say they have thwarted plans by Islamic State group-linked Boko Haram members to attack the embassies of the United States and Britain. A statement Wednesday by the Department of State Services says that late last month it … read more
Two Turkish construction workers were abducted from their hotel rooms in Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state on Sunday, according to a police spokesman Tuesday. Police officer Chukwu Okechukwu told the country’s official news agency, NAN, the workers were abducted from … read more
The Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell has admitted it had dealings with a convicted money launderer to gain access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. The company had earlier denied knowing the money it paid (together with Italian oil firm ENI) … read more
Corruption watchdogs alleged Monday that Shell executives knew that money earmarked for a controversial oil deal was being used to bribe senior Nigerian officials, a claim rebuffed by the petroleum giant. The allegations by Global Witness and Finance Uncovered refer … read more
Oil majors Shell and Eni have denied reports that they knew money paid to the Nigerian government for a valuable oil field would be passed to a convicted money launderer and used to pay political bribes. The firms have denied … read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday issued an order unfreezing the Skye Bank account of a former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had in November 2016 filed an application before the court, … read more