Latest Nigeria News
RSS-
Woolwich Machete AttackNigerian Boko Haram islamist barbarism in the middle of London Video UK News
At least one of the two London Woolwhich terror suspects being held under armed guard at hospitals in London is believed to be of a Nigerian background si doubt Boko Haram ...
-
Uranium mine attacked by suicide bombers in Niger
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters NIAMEY, Niger - Suicide bombers struck a mine run by French nuclear group Areva and a military barracks in Niger on Thursday, killing and wounding several people in separate attacks that underline the widening threat posed by Islamist militants across West Africa.Military sources said several soldiers were killed in a gun battle with Islamists following a car ...
-
Car bombers strike twice in Niger
Africa kidnapped five French citizens working for the mining company. Residents in the two towns said that both attacks occurred at around 5:30 am, indicating a level of co-ordination among the attackers.Alhousseiny Moussa, a resident of Agadez, was already awake and just steps away from his local mosque for the first prayer of the day, when he heard the boom coming from the city's military ...
More Nigeria News
RSS-
Nigeria State of emergency must not lead to more human rights abuses
Nigerian authorities must not use the state of emergency imposed in the north of the country as an excuse to commit human rights violations, Amnesty International urged today as the military continued its assault on Islamist armed group Boko Haram.Several people have reportedly been killed and hundreds arrested since a state of emergency was declared in the northern states of Adamawa, Borno and ...
-
Nigeria pair out of Fed Cup
Nigeria Professional Football League clubs Sharks and Dolphins have been disqualified from the 2013 Federation Cup, the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed this week. A statement from the NFF revealed the two clubs have been booted out of the tournament following the Rivers State Football Association's failure to adhere to the rules and regulations pertaining to the preliminary matches. ...
-
London attackers ‘of Nigerian descent’
London - One of the attackers who hacked a soldier to death in London was British-born and of Nigerian descent, a source with knowledge of the investigation ...
-
Niger bomb attacks target army base and French uranium plant
Niger detonated two car bombs on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit, where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.Paris-based nuclear giant Areva said in a statement that 13 employees were hurt in the attack in Arlit, in the northern part of Niger where in ...
-
London attack ‘beyond belief’ press
LONDON (AFP) – The savage murder of a man believed to be a soldier on a London street in a suspected terror attack was ';beyond belief'; but will only strengthen Britain’s support for its armed forces, newspapers said Thursday. Two suspected Islamists were arrested following the attack, which happened in broad daylight, but not before they had launched a filmed tirade ...
-
Tuface D’banj PSquare19 others headline Star trek 2013
By Charles Mgbolu The annual music tour, Star trek which shuttles artists at the top of the chain to several cities in the country has announced the 22 acts that will be performing on this year's tour! 2face Idibia, D'banj and Psquare lead the pack of super acts which includes Ice Prince, M.I; rappers Mr Raw, Naeto C, Phyno and ...
-
London attacker was British-born of Nigerian descent source
Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were ...
-
10 dead in Niger bombings at uranium plant barracks
NIAMEY (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed in twin bombings on Thursday at a uranium processing plant owned by French nuclear giant Areva and a military base in northern Niger, a Western source.France confirmed that there were deaths among the victims of the attacks."It is still too early for a definitive toll from these attacks," the French foreign ministry spokesman Philippe ...
-
Northern Governors Politicians Responsible for Unislamic Almajiri System - David Mark
The Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday challenged Nigeria's northern governors to urgently ban the almajiri system that has seen millions of children, abandoned by their parents, roam the streets in their states. Mr. Mark blamed the governors for encouraging the almajiri system, saying the system is "counter-productive" and had continued to undermine the development of ...
-
No Reason to Panic - Keshi
Coach Stephen Keshi has told Nigerians not to panic as the Super Eagles prepare for crucial 2014 World Cup qualifying games and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournament - all taking place in a number of weeks. A spate of injuries, first to Scotland-based midfielder Reuben Gabriel and ace forward Emmanuel Emenike, and lately to attacking midfielders Kalu Uche and Victor Moses, had caused anxiety ...
-
Rights Violation - Northern Elders Forum May Drag FG to the Hague
Following perceived violations of human rights by the military, the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), is considering taking the Federal Government to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. NEF is alleginggross human rights violations, including extra judicial killings, inhuman treatment and incarceration of thousands of innocent Nigerians. The Spokesman of the forum and former Vice ...
-
Jonathans 2015 Campaign Posters Flood Port-Harcourt
Port Harcourt - CAMPAIGN posters and flyers projecting President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election flooded Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, yesterday. The posters, indicating a group, Voter 2 Voter, with a bold picture of the President, read "Our Dependable Choice 2015." The appearance of the campaign posters trailed escalated protests by youths in Rivers ...
-
10000 Megawatts to be Generated by Dec - FG
Abuja - THE federal government, yesterday, disclosed that plans had been concluded to move from the present position of power generation of 4,500 to 10,000 megawatts by December. Speaking when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, led by Senator Phillip Adudua, PDP, FCT, Minister of State for Power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, told the senators that the ...
-
Rivers Crisis - Well Correct Our Mistakes AIG Assures Amaechi
The Police, yesterday, said its officers and men in the Rivers State Command might have committed errors in the discharge of their constitutional duties in the recent events unfolding in the state. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 6, Calabar, Cross River State, Mr. Jonathan Johnson, when he led a delegation of senior police officers in the zone on a courtesy ...
-
Niger ANPP Splits Into Two Factions
Minna - The All Nigeria Peoples' Party, ANPP, in Niger State has now broken into two factions with one headed by a former member of the state House of Assembly, Afiniki Dauda, while the other is led by a one-time Commissioner for Health in the state, Hajiya Jummai Mohammed. Addressing newsmen at the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, Pen House in Minna, the state capital, yesterday, Hajiya ...
-
Nigeria Jonathan Gets Sweeping Powers Under Emergency
Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are now to take orders from President Jonathan on the administration of their respective states following the proclamation of emergency rule, according to official gazettes published by the Federal Government. Copies of the two gazettes, exclusively obtained by Daily Trust, show that whereas the three affected governors are allowed to remain in office for ...
-
Nigeria Nasarawa Massacre - Director Arrested Accused of Leaking Information to Cultists
Abuja - Still trying to fish out the masterminds of the massacre of dozens of policemen and security agents in Alakyo in Nasarawa State about two weeks ago, security operatives have arrested a senior director working with the state government in connection with the killings. The officer was alleged to have passed strategic security information to the cultists thereby enabling them to strike ...
-
Niger Niger Offers Hope of Homegrown Solutions to Sahel Crises
Those working to combat food insecurity in the Sahel need to "get their thinking together" and realise that it could take several years for the poorest families to recover from three successive regional droughts and hunger crises, says the new regional co-ordinator of the World Food Programme (WFP). Denise Brown, who took up the post in early April after two years as WFP head of ...
-
Nigeria Customs Intercepts Vehicles Conveying 56750 Live Ammunition
Ibadan - FEW hours after the Oyo State Police Command arrested a man with 3,500 live cartridges, the Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service also impounded a vehicle loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammunition at Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State. The Customs Area Controller, Mr Richard Oteri, said the vehicle conveying the ammunition was arrested along the Igboho road in Saki. ...
-
Nigeria Ancient Tree Tragedy - Tears Condemnations Trail Multiple Deaths
Owerri - This is not the best of times for Imo State and its people given the harvest of tragedies recorded in the state recently. The most recent is the ancient ancestral tree that fell in Umudagu, Ihitte Isi Mbieri community, Mbaitoli local council area of the State late Thursday night of May 16, killing no fewer than 50 people, with a yet to be ascertained number critically injured. The tall ...
-
Nigeria Anamabra Stands Still for Achebe - Obi Leads Mourners in Awka
Awka - AWKA, the capital of Anambra State stood still, Wednesday as the body of the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived the state for its final journey to Ogidi, his home town, in Idemili North local government area where it will be interred tomorrow. What happened at the Alexander Ekwueme Arcade, Awka, was simply mind blowing. The remains of the famous writer of Things Fall Apart, ...
-
Twin bombings in Niger injure more than a dozen
Two bomb attacks on a French-owned uranium mine and a military base in Niger wounded more than a dozen people Thursday, officials said. Uranium mining group Areva said 13 employees at its Arlit, Niger, mine were injured in a suicide attack. At approximately the same time, a car bomb exploded near military barracks in Agadez, about 155 miles to the south, The Wall Street Journal reported. No ...
Nigeria Focus
-
Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
News from around our Network
