On Wednesday, African students kept their word in London, where they besieged the London School of Economics (LSE), and warned the world that former President Olusegun Obasanjo represents the ugly face of Africa and does not merit the honour of … read more
Anambra State House of Assembly has amended the state Criminal Code Law, making it an offence punishable by death for any person convicted of kidnapping. The legislators, at their plenary session on Wednesday, amended sections 315 and 316 of the … read more
Nigeria’s central bank will increase U.S. dollar supply to bureaux de change in an effort to reduce the sharp disparity between its official exchange rate and the black market, Governor Chukwuma Soludo said on Tuesday. The central bank also announced … read more
Sad memories and fear gripped the Army Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday as a bomb went off and killed a secondary school student. Coming seven years after the massive explosions at the cantonment which led to the death of over 1000 … read more
A Briton held hostage in Nigeria for six months has written a letter to his family on Merseyside. Matthew Maguire, 34, from Birkenhead, was among 27 oil workers taken by The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) … read more
Militants have sabotaged an oil pipeline operated by Chevron Corp. in southern Nigeria, slashing its daily production by more than 10,000 barrels, the company said Monday. Military authorities said the attack late last week caused four oil spills. Col. Rabe … read more
Suspected armed militants in gunboats attacked an oil flow station, operated by Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), in the southern Niger Delta early on Monday, a military spokesman said. Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the military taskforce in the western Niger … read more
A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for obtaining $47,000 (33,382 pounds) from an Australian woman by convincing her over the Internet that he was 57 years old, white, and madly in love with her. Lawal … read more
Violent crime has surged in Nigeria’s oil-rich Southern Niger Delta since militants, who claim to be fighting for a fairer share of the region’s natural resources, launched a campaign of sabotage against the oil industry three years ago. More than … read more
MILITANTS, under the aegis of Watchdogs of Niger Delta, have said the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Rivers state would further worsen security situation in the state, claiming that it failed to look at issues objectively. According … read more