The Rivers State Police command on Saturday said Niger Delta Militants were not responsible for recent killings and shootings in some parts of the state. On Friday morning, gunmen shot and killed a Lebanese businessman in his home in Port … read more
A report published by the News Agency of Nigeria has suggested that the One Laptop Per Child computers are being misused as many of the computers have been found to have been used to browse pornography. The laptops are also … read more
Nigeria has been the source of more bad news than good recently. But our correspondent Mark Doyle says meeting two very impressive Nigerians in the last week has put him in a much better mood. Let’s be honest, Nigeria has … read more
Suspected gunmen on Friday morning broke into the private home of a Lebanese furniture maker in Ogbunabali area of Port Harcourt and shot him dead According to witnesses, the armed men raided the house of the Lebanese located on Ogbonda … read more
About 90 followers of the Shiite sect and the sect’s Governor-General, Kasimu Rinin-Tawaye were yesterday arrested in Sokoto State in connection with the assassination of prominent cleric, Sheikh Umaru Hamza Dan Maishiyya on Thursday. The men were said to have … read more
Nigeria has accused Pfizer of fraud in a fresh court case filed against the drugs firm over its alleged role in the deaths of Nigerian children. The government earlier withdrew the case – just as it was due to begin … read more
Gunmen killed a Lebanese businessman in his home early Friday in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said, while attackers tried to ambush a truck carrying several foreign workers in what appeared to be a kidnapping attempt later in the day. Kidnappings … read more
AN Abuja High Court yesterday ordered the former Taraba State Governor, Rev. Jolly Tevoru Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Joshua Chibi Dariye to be remanded in Kuje Prisons. Two other former governors, Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State and … read more
Nigerian consortium Bluestar, led by tycoon Aliko Dangote, has pulled out of a deal to take stakes in oil refineries after protests by trade unionists. Bluestar bought stakes in the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries in May in the last … read more
The Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu has fixed August 3 for the hearing of the bail application brought to it by the embattled former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. The former governor was … read more