Further unrest a credible risk following religious clashes in northern state At least 25 people were arrested on 24 September following sectarian violence on 20 September between Muslims and Christians in the predominantly Muslim northern city of Dutse (Jigawa state) … read more
THE Federal Government yesterday deployed armed soldiers and policemen in Kaduna to prevent a solidarity protest by some Moslems in the state. The tension in the state made traders and other business operators close shops in the metropolis. Apparently to … read more
Robbers have shot some officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Lagos, killing one of them. The robbers, who numbered about 10, were alleged to have stormed Apapa local government area headquarters where the NSCDC men … read more
A subsidiary of Total Plc, ELF Petroleum Nigeria Limited, has discovered a fresh hydrocarbon resources in 222 offshore in Usan field, Niger Delta. Total released a statement stating that “the well would produce 5 800 barrels of oil or more … read more
The Nigerian government plans to revoke Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s oil operating license in the restive Ogoni region of the Niger Delta, said a Nigerian official visiting The Hague on said Friday. “We are going to revoke Shell’s license to … read more
The United States Embassy in Nigeria yesterday opened the Abuja Consular Office with a call on Nigerians to avail themselves of a new window of opportunity for easy consular services. The US. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, stated: �The … read more
A medical doctor was among six people arrested by police in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, Saturday for selling new- born babies. The five accomplices were the doctor’s employees, Commissioner of Police in Maiduguri, Mohammed Abubakar, said. He said the doctor – … read more
Thirteen years after, former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has for the umpteenth time, explained his role in the June 12, 1993 general elections, admitting that he cancelled, and did not annul the election adjudged to have been … read more
THE Police in Delta State, yesterday, denied burning the homes or looting the property of villagers at the troubled Afiesere community in Ughelli North local government area, saying that the villagers set the affected mud houses and shanties ablaze by … read more
THE five communities that make up Kou clan: Agge, Ogbeintu, Orobiri, Azamabiri and Amazor in Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa state have tendered an apology for the kidnap of four foreign oil workers of Peak Petroleum by armed youths … read more