About N30 million ($234 000) is to be spent in the construction of a national internet exchange point in Nigeria. It will facilitate the keeping of local internet traffic within the country’s telecommunications networks. An exchange otherwise known as an … read more
Illiterate squatters are damaging the city of Abuja, authorities said yesterday. Speaking at an international day raising awareness on illiteracy, an FCT official said illiterate squatters are “distorting the master plan” of the city. Over one third of Nigerians are … read more
A court in the southern Nigerian city of Benin has jailed a 31-year-old father of five for human trafficking in what human rights activists consider a significant victory against a growing problem. Justice J.A. Acha of the city’s high court … read more
Nigerian politicians have started allying themselves with militant groups that have kidnapped foreign oil workers as elections approach, says a report released Thursday by an international think tank. The report by Brussels-based International Crisis Group says that while militant groups … read more
“I have never seen this kind of crowd before, not in the rain,” former Ogun State Governor, Segun Osoba, said on Wednesday at the launch of the Lagos chapter of the Action Congress (AC), the country�s latest mega party. We … read more
PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) wants government and other stakeholders in the country to find a lasting solution to the violence in the Niger Delta and pipeline vandalisation across the country. Speaking at the opening … read more
THE Independent National Electoral Commission in Akwa Ibom State has declared that there would be no registration of voters and general elections in communities that experience general insecurity and threat to peace. The state�s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prince Adedeji Soyebi … read more
TWENTY-ONE Ambassadors of European Union (EU) member countries in Nigeria met yesterday in Abuja for several hours with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Edmund Daukoru, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), … read more
Traffic situation on the busy Lekki-Epe Expressway worsened on Monday due to a downpour in the early hours of the day. Some motorists who were on their way to their offices, were caught in the gridlock, which lasted for hours. … read more
No fewer than 5,000 residents of Ngbuoba and Nkpolu-Rumuigbo communities in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of Rivers State have been sacked, following the overflowing of Ohiamini stream, which flooded many homes in the area. The water level in worst of … read more