News From Nigeria

Intensive infighting broke out between government troops and coup soldiers in the early hours of Thursday as the two sides continued exchange of fire to seize the capital, witnesses said.  

Forty-five individuals have kicked the bucket in a massive blast at a footwear production line in the Philippine capital and 26 others stay missing, authorities said on Thursday, as lamenting relatives portrayed sweatshop conditions and poor flame security standards. Salvage ...

Air pollution takes early toll on children Air pollution can be bad for children — starting even before birth, a new study suggests. Researchers studied exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, a form of pollution caused by burning gasoline, ...

Previous Central Bank Governor and now Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II who blew the cover on the missing NNPC cash has assessed the recently  released  PWC evaluators provide details regarding the missing NNPC cash. He shared his contemplations in ...

Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) chieftain in Ogun State, Chief  Toyin Umar said the move to extradite the senator-elect Prince Buruji Kashamu is an attempt to witch-hunt the financier of the PDP in the South West because he hadn’t committed any ...

Taking after Boko Haram’s assault on Maiduguri, the Borno state capital yesterday May 13th, the Nigerian armed force has forced a 24 hour time limit on the town and its environs. The time limit is contained in an announcement released ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Honorable Kayode Opeifa has lost his dad. His Father, Pa Opeifa kicked the bucket early hours of at the beginning of today at 102. Sun re o!

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 re-arraigned Mamman Ali, before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on an amended 49 counts of fuel subsidy fraud to the tune ...

… As Interpreter Stalls Re-Arraignment of Waheed Omotayo, 2 others The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 13, 2015 tendered the result of polygraph test conducted on Mrs. Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, a former Lagos Court Registrar standing trial ...

The Burundian general who has launched a military coup has ordered the closure of an airport and land borders to stop the president returning to the country, Sky News reports. Major General Godefroid Niyombare made his bid for control just ...