Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka in this encounter takes a swipe at the regime of President Yar’Adua and dismisses it as a government on sabbatical. He describes OBJ/Atiku reconciliation as a marriage made...
Police authorities in Nigeria have rescued 17 suspected victims of human trafficking, including a nine year old, from a bus which crossed the Nigerian border from Benin. Two suspects arrested by the police say the boys...
The latest deadline set by the Nigerian government to stop flaring natural gas from oil wells in the Niger Delta has passed without stopping the flames, which campaigners say are poisoning local people. "Sometimes...
Nigeria's main opposition party has lavished praise on the peaceful conduct of elections in Ghana and the orderly transition of power. Flawed elections since the return to civil democracy in 1999 have seriously...
Most primary schools in the northern Nigerian state of Kano have seen a significant increase in girls' enrollment in recent years thanks to a community-based initiative that is helping to correct long-time gender...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been dismissed from the police force. A statement signed by police spokesman, Akpoebi Agberebi, confirmed Ribadu’s...
The Nigerian police are denying allegations by Human Rights Watch that the police and army troops carried out more than 90 summary executions in suppressing violent political and religious rioting in the city of Jos....
The Federal Government on Wednesday, cautioned the former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on his protracted conflict with the Police Force. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo...
* Says Supreme Court has wounded us * Donates money to justicesNOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday announced that he was rejecting the money that goes with the Nigerian...
Nigeria on Tuesday honoured Wole Soyinka for his achievements in the humanities, 22 years after the playwright also known as Kongi received the Nobel Prize for Literature. President Umaru Yar'Adua gave him the...
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua says he would speed up electoral reforms after surviving a legal challenge to his election. President Umaru Yar'Adua welcomed the Supreme Court verdict which affirmed his...
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua says corruption is widespread in Nigeria and efforts to tackle graft must take on a new urgency. Speaking Wednesday at the launch of an anti-corruption campaign, President Umaru...