March 22, 2012

• Nigeria: Enugu Police Command Arrests Two Armed Robbery Suspects

  THE Enugu State Police Command has arrested two armed men who specialise in snatching valuables from members of the public. Read more »

• Nigeria: PDP Chairmanship - Baraje Charges Convention Committee On Credible Elections

  Outgoing national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kawu Baraje yesterday charged the party's National Convention Planning Committee to conduct free, fair and... Read more »

• Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Five in Anambra

  Gunmen on Tuesday went wild in Oba, Idemili South Local Government area of Anambra state as they killed five members of the Oba Local vigilance group who were said to be on patrol... Read more »

• Nigeria: Citizens and the 2012 Budget [editorial]

  The passage of the N4.877 trillion 2012 appropriation bill by the Senate and House of Representatives, should signal a resolve by the presidency and the legislature to use annual... Read more »

• Nigeria: PDP Chair - Tukur Loses in North-East

  Attempt by President Goodluck Jonathan to install Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was rebuffed yesterday as Tukur was defeated... Read more »

• Nigeria: Twenty Wounded as Hausa/Yoruba Okada Riders Clash in Ekiti

  No fewer than 15 persons were yesterday wounded in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital during a clash between Yoruba and Hausa okada riders. Read more »

• Nigeria: Outgoing Bauchi CP Laments Invasion of Police Formations By Terrorists

  THE attacks on police formation and the senseless killings of officers of the police in the country by miscreants have been described as very unfortunate. Read more »

• Nigeria: Nine Killed, As Soldiers Battle Boko Haram

  At least nine suspected members of Boko Haram sect were yesterday killed and two others arrested, after a five-hour gun duel between the group and the Joint Security Task Force... Read more »

• Nigeria: National Conference - Project Nigeria Converges in Lagos

  Some political leaders of thought across the six geo political zones under the aegis of Project Nigeria (National Consensus Group) will meet on Sunday in Lagos to adopt a prepared... Read more »

• Nigeria: Journalist Escapes From Kidnappers' Den in Delta

  THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Delta state and the family of Mr. Price Monday Wiskey, a journalist who was kidnapped by unknown gun men on Monday, were thrown into joy as... Read more »

• Nigeria: CJN Bemoans Current Judicial Structure

  Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher has bemoaned the current structure of the judiciary as it hinders reformation in Nigeria's judicial system. Read more »

• Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala May Quit for World Bank

  If the permutations go in the positive, Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may soon quit President Goodluck Jonathan's cabinet as her names is on top of those being tipped to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Atiku Raises Alarm Over Conmen

  One week after a man climbed a telecom mast to protest alleged non-payment of his debt by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, another incident has occurred at Atiku's Anguwar... Read more »

• Nigeria: Delta Monarch's Mother Kidnapped, Abductors Demand N50 Million

  The mother of the King of Mosogar, Madam Okpa Izobo Omene (Nee Udjor) has been kidnapped. The 102 years old woman is the mother of Ovie of Mosogar Kingdom, Chief Joseph Orode Omene... Read more »

• Nigeria: Oyo Workers' Strike - Police Arrest Labour Leader

  Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command yesterday in Ibadan arrested the acting chairman, caretaker committee of the state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Mr. Bayo... Read more »

March 21, 2012

• Nigeria: Police Rescues Mother, Three Children From Kidnappers in Effurun

  THE Police in Delta has arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued a woman and her three children in Effurun, near Warri in Delta. Read more »

• Nigeria: Threat to Life, Citizen Petitions IGP

  THERE are indications that the acting Inspector-general of Police, IG, Muhammed Abubakar, may have received a petition for his intervention in a case of threat to life by one... Read more »

• Nigeria: N39 Million Bribery Scam - Itembe's Committee Quits

  Sequel to the weighty allegations of graft and impropriety leveled against the Chairman, House Committee on Capital Market, Hon. Herman Hembe by the Director-General, Securities... Read more »

• Nigeria: Man, 20, Slaughters Lady in Kano

  A 20-year-old man, Auwalu Muhammad, is cooling his feet in the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Kano State Police Command for slaughtering a lady at Sabon Gari town... Read more »

• Nigeria: 21 Convicted for Piracy - NCC

  Twenty-one suspects have so far been convicted for piracy by the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, across the country between 2011 and last month. Read more »

• Nigeria: Masquerade Custodian Murdered in Kogi

  Okene town in the central senatorial district of Kogi state was yesterday thrown in a state of confusion when unknown gunmen killed the Custodian of a popular night masquerade,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Ex-Corp Member Weeps in Court When Asked to Show Her Private Part

  AT the resumed hearing of the trial case of an alleged rape a 23-year-old Hellen Okpara, an ex- corps member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by a prominent traditional ruler... Read more »

• Nigeria: No More Dialogue With FG - -Boko Haram

  Members of the Jamatul Ahlis Sunnah lid Daawa wal Jihad popularly known as Boko Haram yesterday said they are no longer interested in dialoguing with the Federal Government,... Read more »

• Nigeria: SNC Inevitable if the Country Must Exist Beyond 2015 - - Group

  A group, South East South-South Professionals of Nigeria (SESSP), has said the convocation of a National Conference where all the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria will come together... Read more »

March 20, 2012

• Nigeria: Jonathan Hits Back At ACN Over Koluama Gas Explosion

  President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday faulted the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN's) criticism of his handling of the recent Koluama oil fire incident. Read more »