Vigilantes burn politician's home in Nigeria
... He said he participated in the attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri and that the militants opened fire first. Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission said Sunday it has credible reports that...
View ArticleVigilantes burn home of politician said to support Islamic extremists in...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Vigilantes on Monday torched the home of a senior politician they accuse of supporting Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said.
View ArticleOkada riders sue Edo govt over ban
... constituted a violation of their rights to fair hearing and freedom of movement as guaranteed by the Constitution of Nigeria as amended and Articles 7 and 12 of the African Charter on Human and...
View ArticleYouths burn Borno ANPP chair's house
Maiduguri-Youths popularly known as Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, who have been assisting security agencies in arresting Boko Haram suspects in Borno State, yesterday, invaded the residence of All...
View ArticleA-Court dismisses ACN, PDP's petitions against Mimiko's victory
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday, dismissed petitions filed by governorship candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and that of...
View ArticleNigeria suffering from misrule - CIA boss
He said this recently at the institute's 2013 training for fellows to be inducted into the institute this week in Abuja.
View ArticleTaskforce predicts improvement in power
... Mr. Beks Dagogo-Jack, said that with the privatization of the 10 National Integrated Power Projects, (NIPPs), Nigeria's electricity supply system will stabilize. "This project is consistent with...
View ArticleLeadership challenges threatening Nigeria's economic devt - NIM
... series, Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, President and Chairman of Council, NIM, " Ineffective legislature is the bane of Nigeria's development since the dawn of the country's new democratic experience."...
View Article'65% of girls in N-East lack basic education'
A non-governmental organisation known as the Nigerian Northern Education Initiative, NEI, has said that about 65.5 per cent of girls lack access to basic education in the North East zone of the country.
View ArticleWhy oil firms are divesting, by stakeholders
... in the oil and gas sector on high operating costs and tough operating environment. According to oil and gas experts, Nigeria suffers from widespread oil theft and difficult relationships, in most...
View ArticleOndo Jail-break: Police re-arrest 54 fleeing prisoners
POLICE authori-ties in Ondo State, yesterday, said 54 of the 175 prisoners that escaped in a jail-break, Sunday, have been re-arrested and returned to the prison custody.
View ArticlePresidency can't pick Service Chiefs alone - Court
... Staff. The court also held that Section 18 (1) & (2) of the Armed Forces Act, Cap. A.20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, is in conformity with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution...
View ArticleNBA canvasses review of criteria for judicial appointments
... corrupt judiciary may continue to exist in name, but unchecked corruption denudes the judicial robe of its wearer. "Nigeria has many lawyers of high personal integrity. Some of us know some of...
View ArticleAfrica World Airlines set to rule domestic skies
... and Abuja. He was confident flights to the two Nigerian cities would also start before their first anniversary. "If [Nigeria's] Ministry of Transport gives the go-ahead to the Nigerian Civil...
View ArticleNigeria: Nigeria Urges Islamic Leaders to Negotiate With Boko Haram
A Nigerian committee set up to negotiate with insurgent group Boko Haram is calling for Islamic leaders to help bridge the gap between the government and militants.
View ArticleYuguda rescinds decision on NSGF membership
... the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF. Yuguda had resigned his membership of the NSGF in the aftermath of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, election on May 24, saying he would not go back to...
View ArticleMTN Partners with neXva to Launch NextApps Appstore in Nigeria
Jul. 2, 2013 - SAN DIEGO -- MTN PARTNERS WITH NEXVA TO LAUNCH NEXTAPPS STORE Nigeria's leading Information Communications Technology company, MTN, has partnered with neXva to launch NextApps Store to...
View ArticleDeveloper Set to Build Africa's Next Giant City
LAGOS, Nigeria-Africa's cities are running out of land, prompting a real-estate developer here to erect what might be Africa's ritziest district on a beach long known as a haven for day laborers and...
View ArticleHow woman married two men at the same time
... GRA, Ikeja. He said the offence was punishable under sections 409,363 (3) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011. The complainant, Abraham Okoro, told Vanguard that he had lived with...
View ArticlePolice parade Bishop Nwabueze over alleged rape
Chairman of All Bishops in Rivers State, Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze, who was arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year old girl, was paraded, yesterday, by the state Police Command.
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