The governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria, has been impeached after MPs found him and his deputy guilty of corruption. Ayo Fayose’s sacking has heightened tensions in the south-western state with riot police deployed in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti. Mr … read more
Africa’s most populous country, is due to release the results of a census conducted in March 2006, but will probably postpone any announcements until after the 2007 general election. Censuses are controversial in Nigeria because rival ethnic and religious groups … read more
Hundreds of soldiers are on the streets of the central Nigerian city of Jos following clashes Friday between riot police and demonstrators protesting the attempted impeachment of the state governor. Witnesses said at least one person was killed. Jos, a … read more
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has committed the sum of N7 million to the hosting of the 45th First Bank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship. The tournament, which will tee off by 06.15 hours today on the lush Golf course … read more
The crisis in Plateau state that has pitched two factions of the state House of Assembly took a tragic turn yesterday when at least two persons were killed and several others injured in Jos the state capital. Trouble started when … read more
Bullying tactics would achieve nothing in the Niger Delta, as it requires a political solution to end the hostage taking and wave of violence in the region, advised Census Ekpu, a journalist turned politician. Ekpu is a Peoples Democratic Party … read more
They fled in dugout canoes, a few clothes and schoolbooks thrust into bags, and rowed through the mangrove swamps that night to reach safety. The villagers of Bille had been caught up in bloody clashes between Nigerian troops and heavily … read more
COMMUTERS plying Lagos-Ibadan and Benin expressways now do so at the risk of their lives as highway patrol men who are posted to these routes to safeguard lives and property have resorted to abandoning their duty posts for reasons best … read more
MEN of the State Security Service (SSS) in Delta State, yesterday, in Warri arrested one of the militants that kidnapped eight workers of Peak Petroleum Nigeria Limited in Bayelsa State in June, and there was indication, last night, that a … read more
Rivers State government has intensified its anti-terrorism campaign in host communities of multinational corporations operating in the state. It has therefore invited stakeholders from 12 local government areas in the state and host communities of multinational firms to a week-long … read more