CBN Relaxes Rules for Trading Ailing Naira
The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has relaxed the rules it implemented last month on buying and selling foreign exchange that have been fingered as responsible for crushing currency trading…
150, Not 2, 000 Died in Baga Attack – Defence HQ
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said 150 residents of Baga, Borno State, as well as security officials died in the attack by insurgents on the town. It denied earlier claims…
Insurgents Have Ruined Us ― Yuguda
If there is one person in the north who understands the impact of the growing rate of insurgency on the northern part of Nigeria, he is Governor Isa Yuguda of…
Yoruba Leaders Angry With Jonathan over Alleged ‘Insult’
President Goodluck Jonathan may have incurred the anger of some Yoruba elders, particularly those who were part of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a group that fought for democracy in…
Fire Guts Popular Lagos Market
An early morning inferno has destroyed goods and properties worth millions of Naira at the popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island, Nigeria on Monday. Before the fire was put out…
The Many Lies of Nigeria’s DSS-APC
As you are very much aware by now, the Department of State Services, DSS, on Jan. 7th 2015 released the so-called findings from its investigation following the Gestapo-like raids of…
Jonathan is Hypocritical about Love for South West – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being hypocritical over his persistent claim of reviving the railway when in actual fact he has bluntly refused…
After Protest, FG Releases N3bn for Victims of 2011 Post-Election Violence
Following an embarrassing protest by victims of the 2011 post-election violence earlier in the week, the Federal Government on Saturday announced the release of N3 billion as compensation for them.…
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 20 in Maidugur
It was a bloody Saturday for residents of Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State as a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb that resulted in the death of 20…
14 Nigerian Soldiers Killed, 30 Injured in Baga Attack – Official
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Saturday evening confirmed that it lost 14 soldiers to the Thursday attack on Baga town, Borno State while 30 soldiers were injured and are currently…