A coalition of human rights groups is calling on Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashire when he comes to Nigeria this Thursday, October 29 to attend an African...
Professor Pat Utomi, former presidential candidate of African Democratic Party (ADP) is quite a busy man, he has an enviable curriculum vitae. At the age of 26, he had a doctorate in his kitty. At age 27, he was...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has expressed worries over the wave of corruption in the country. He also recounted the pains he had taken in combating the...
The U.N. children's fund says infant morality around the world has dropped nearly 30 percent during the past two decades. But that improvement in child survival is far smaller in West and Central Africa where...
The Nigerian army has reinforced security presence in the oil-producing Niger Delta, after the region's leading militant group declared it may resume attacks on the oil industry when a 60-day cease-fire expires on...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has slammed the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) over their comment describing the bombing of the Atlas Cove jetty by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as...
A LANDMARK separation of the wheat from the chaff in the vexed issue of what constitute illegal secret societies was yesterday carried out by the Rivers State High Court, which ruled that the National Association of...
Nuhu Ribadu's Testimony before the US House Financial Services Committee May 19, 2009. Good morning, Chairman Frank, distinguished US Representatives of the Committee, and thank you for this very kind...
Nigerian police are denying reports that they are using increasingly violent means, including torture and illegal killings in their fight against militants in the volatile Niger Delta region. Amnesty International...
The Nigerian government announced Wednesday it has set up a board of inquiry to investigate a multi-million dollar bribery scandal involving American company Halliburton and allegedly implicating two former Nigerian...
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- More than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United...
Nigerians have not ceased to call for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, over the disappointments that trailed the April 2007 general election. But...