A United States based group, Human Rights Watch(HRW), has called for enquiry into statistics revealing the killing of more than 8,000 Nigerians by police since 2000. This is in reaction to an announcement by the police, that more than 785 … read more
Reuters) – Six people were killed and over 250 arrested in the northern Nigerian state of Kano in weekend violence linked to local government elections, the state’s chief of police said on Sunday. International observers criticised Nigeria’s national elections in … read more
Siemens Bribery Scandal: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it was investigating all suspects in the Siemens bribery scandal and assured that those found to be culpable would be prosecuted in Nigeria. Spokesman of the agency, Mr. … read more
Management of Chevron Nigeria Limited and security agents battled for several hours on Friday to free some foreign nationals working for one of its contracting firms, Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) held hostage by protesting staff of the company. The foreign … read more
CHIEF Sikiru Shitta-Bey, Lagos lawyer and politician, has joined the league of those criticizing the recent Supreme Court judgement which declared Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as governor of Rivers State. He stated that while Nigerians rejoiced at the apex court’s verdict … read more
Nigeria’s government should launch an independent public inquiry in light of official statistics indicating that police have shot and killed more than 8,000 Nigerians since 2000, Human Rights Watch said today. The figures show 785 killed in just three months … read more
A Munich court has named four past Nigerian ministers of communications � Messrs Cornelius Adebayo, Haruna Elewi, Tajudeen Olarenwaju and Bello Mohammed � as well as other officials, an immigration officer and Senator Jubril Aminu, Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is claiming responsibility for Thursday�s attack on an oil pipeline owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company at the Forcados export terminal in Delta State. In a statement sent via e-mail, … read more
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Andrew Azazi, has debunked the recent mention of Nigerian soldiers in the attack that claimed the lives of 21 Camerounian soldiers in the Bakassi Peninsula, describing it as untrue and a mere speculation. Azazi … read more
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has said inadequate funding might affect its compliance with the federal government deadline on gas flaring by 2008. The company revealed that the government was owing it $1.3 billion. The Dutch oil giants rather stated … read more