Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Police have freed 15 children from an Islamic school in central Nigeria where they were kept in chains and tortured, police are quoted as saying to the AFP news agency. AFP adds that the children were aged between two and 10 and were discovered on Sunday in the town of …

A human rights lawyer in Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Ojeh, on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take steps to remove Mr. Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger Delta.   ‘’We passionately appeal to Your Excellency to curb the excesses of Mr. Akpabio by relieving him of ministerial duties of the …

Repentant bandits in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara are being offered two cows for every AK-47 they surrender. It is an attempt to encourage them to give up a life of crime and live a normal life as responsible citizens, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle says. Motorcycle-riding armed bandits operating out …

Gal Pissetzky, a top Chicago based attorney, who is representing Hushpuppi has said that his client has been kidnapped and not arrested. Gal Pissetzky during an interview with the BBC about the Nigerian socialite, who is now in the grip of America’s FBI and facing multiple charges of cyber scam …

One person was confirmed dead while six others were rescued alive, weekend, underneath the rubbles of a three-storey building which collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State. The incident occurred at about 4.05 am as the building was said to have suffered total collapse leaving its occupants trapped as …

Fuel imported into Nigeria said to be extremely toxic and of lower quality than what is produced on the black market, with serious health consequences – the results of a laboratory analysis show. That dirty fuel, as in many African countries, is of lower quality than those from illegal refineries …

At least 21 people are missing after a boat accident in eastern Nigeria. Local media reports that the boat was carrying 23 people when it capsized on River Benue. The Benue state police say two people have been rescued so far. The people were reported to have been travelling for …

  Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe. Nigeria and Ghana are conspicuously missing. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the United States, …

  The immediate-past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has accepted the decision of the party’s National Executive Committee that dissolved the National Working Committee which he chaired, The PUNCH has learnt. The former Edo State governor, who spoke at an ongoing media briefing in Abuja, said …

Suspected cultists who kidnapped a young girl in Bauchi State have revealed that all they needed from her was her virginity.   The 20-year-old girl, Patience, a 100 level Pharmacology student at the Bauchi State University, Gadau, was kidnapped on her way home from visiting a friend. This has placed …