Plateau state governor has warned residents of Jos to remain indoors as it has given an order to security personnel to shoot at sight any individual or group seen on the streets. This is in addition to 24-hour curfew imposed … read more
A north-east oil worker has been taken hostage by militants in Nigeria, it emerged last night. The man, named by sources as Bruce Strachan, was working in Port Harcourt when he was snatched by two gunmen on Thursday night. It … read more
The sound of machinegun fire echoed round the central Nigerian city of Jos on Saturday as the army tried to prevent new clashes between religious and ethnic gangs after fighting that has killed at least 20 people. Authorities imposed a … read more
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin yesterday said the arrest of a Nigerian and three American filmmakers by men of the Joint Military Taskforce is illegal and a breach of the constitution. It also awarded the sum N5 million … read more
BRITISH parliamentarians will be in Nigeria next week on a fact-finding mission. The delegation, Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Nigeria, will meet with public officials, civil society groups, communities and business people to gain an understanding … read more
The Lagos State Government has cancelled the November edition of the monthly sanitation exercise. The suspension, it said, was to facilitate easy movement for students writing the National Examinations Council. A statement on Thursday by the Commissioner for the Environment, … read more
Four Nigerians, who were on a visit to India, narrowly escaped death in the string of terror attacks which rocked Mumbai, the country’s commercial capital, two days ago. Death toll in the attacks, now being compared to 9/11 in the … read more
NOT enough outrage has greeted the broadcast of the documentary, “Saving Africa’s Witch Children” by the UK Channel 4 on November 12, the material is available on the internet, the horror and the scandal contained therein are being circulated world-wide. … read more
Nigeria’s power generation problems may worsen following the shutting down of a major gas facility belonging to Anglo Dutch giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), at Soku, the country’s oil and gas nerve center. Power generation has already dropped by … read more
THE Lagos State government, yesterday, announced that the killer paracetamol, My Pikin, had claimed 14 new lives in the state, bringing the total death toll to 39. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) had on … read more