Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a Niger Delta development plan in an effort to ease widespread discontent in the oil-rich country. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the new measures are meant to discourage militancy in the unruly … read more
The Buhari Presidential Campaign Committee has put in place anti-rigging machinery to ensure that all votes are duly counted at all polling stations during the forthcoming general elections. Coordinator of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Com-mittee, Barrister Sani Abbas, told newsmen … read more
Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead four policemen near the Nigerian oil city of Port Harcourt, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of worsening security in the oil producing Niger Delta ahead of elections next month. The officers were … read more
More than 90 people were burnt to death yesterday in a fire incident caused by petrol, which spilled from a tanker in an accident in Gadoko Local government Area of Kaduna State. The victims of the fire incident were said … read more
JUSTICE Tijani Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday fixed April 2 for judgment in a suit brought by Vice President Atiku Abubakar challenging his disqualification from the presidential election in April by the Independent National … read more
One of the two kidnap suspects paraded by the State Security Service in Port Harcourt on Sunday, has appealed to the Federal Government to pardon him for the crime and give him the task of ending hostage-taking in the state. … read more
Minister of State for Air Transportation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode warned yesterday that the Federal Government would withdraw the licence of any airline operator, be it domestic of international, which allows its aircraft used for trafficking, smuggling or abduction of human … read more
A late night rainstorm hit many families, churches and business outfits in Calabar, Cross River State, on Sunday, rendering many homeless and causing traffic snarl in some parts of the state capital. The storm also destroyed many electric poles and … read more
The Court of Appeal yesterday adjourned, indefinitely, ruling on the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging the decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to the effect that the Code of Conduct Tribunal had no power to … read more
When Nigeria’s education minister faced an audience of 1,000 schoolchildren, she expected to hear complaints of crowded classrooms and lack of equipment. Instead, girl after girl spoke up about being pressured for sex by teachers in exchange for better grades. … read more