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Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths; 2 killed
Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in central Nigeria in recen...

Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
ABUJA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he return...

Soldiers open fire on youths
Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in central Nigeria in recen...

Soldiers open fire on youths
JOS, Nigeria—Witnesses say soldiers in a Nigerian town at the center of a spate of religious killings opened fire on a crowd of youths that had surrounded a cattle truck driving after curfew. A ...

Nigeria massacre residents return home
Residents of an area where hundreds were massacred at the weekend near Nigeria's city of Jos returned home early Wednesday having fled overnight gunfire, a witness said. Speaking on the phone from ...

Nigeria's $6 bln fuel subsidy bill a "huge waste" - fin min
ABUJA, March 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's fuel importers claim the government owes 880 billion naira ($6 billion) in subsidies accrued over the past five years, highlighting the urgent need for deregu...

African Markets - Factors to watch on March 10
March 10 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday.

Police pensioners petition commision over pay cut
ONITSHA—Retired senior police officers,  whose pensions were allegedly erroneously slashed by the National Pension Commission, PENCOM,  have petitioned the Police Service Commission to intervene i...

Secondary school teachers begin strike in Benue
MUKURDI — Secondary school teachers in Benue State under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Secondary School Teachers, ASUSST, have commenced an indefinite strike, demanding a 27 per cent salar...

Farmers ask FG to split Agric Ministry
BENIN— A coalition of Small Scale Agro Producers of Nigeria, ASAPIN, has canvassed the breaking up of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources into two separate ministries.

* Nigeria seeks calm after slaughter
Villagers look at bodies of victims of religious attacks in a mass grave in Dogo Nahawa village, about 15km from the city of Jos in central Nigeria on Monday.

Yar'Adua - Police to Stop Protesters Getting to Aso Rock
24 hours to the planned protest of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, against continued absence of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from national limelight due to illness and refusal of the Federal Executive C...

UPDATE 1-Oil edges up towards $82 on China import surge
SINGAPORE, March 10 (Reuters) - Oil reversed earlier losses to gain a few cents towards $82 on Wednesday after China said imports jumped in February, boosting evidence that emerging Asian economies...

Mixed reactions as bulldozers reduce Mile 12 shanties to rubbles
I told my brother to quit this place but for five years all my pleas fell on deaf ears. I have a befitting accommodation in Mowe where I gave him three rooms but he ignored my advice, prefering to occ...

The purpose of fasting
” – I Cor. 9:: 27. When we offend someone and are sorry, we sometimes bring him/her a gift to show that we are sorry. Fasting is like this. It is a way of saying to God that we are sorry for ...

State Governor Blames Army for Massacre
Abuja — Plateau State Governor Jonah John Jang has blamed the army for last Sunday's killings in the Jos South Local Government Area of the state. He said if the military had acted on the intel...

Former President Calls for Impeachment of Yar'Adua
Kaduna — Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has joined the growing number of Nigerians calling for the removal of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, maintaining that the only viable option...

Jonathan Should Prioritise Electoral Reform - Buhari
The first priority of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is to conclude the electoral reform programme and ensure that a credible Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is put in place because govern...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
, said Sunday's carnage, which claimed hundreds of lives of mainly Christian villagers, could have been avoided had there not been security lapses. He had alerted Nigeria's army commander a...

Oil slips for 2nd day as U.S. crude inventories climb
SINGAPORE, March 10 (Reuters) - Oil fell for a second day on Wednesday after an industry report showed U.S. crude stockpiles jumped more than expected last week, dampening hopes of a strong recover...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
Earlier today, Jonah Jang, governor of central Plateau state, said Sunday's carnage, which claimed hundreds of lives of mainly Christian villagers, could have been avoided had there not been security ...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
Earlier today, Jonah Jang, governor of central Plateau state, said Sunday's carnage, which claimed hundreds of lives of mainly Christian villagers, could have been avoided had there not been security ...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
Earlier today, Jonah Jang, governor of central Plateau state, said Sunday's carnage, which claimed hundreds of lives of mainly Christian villagers, could have been avoided had there not been security ...

Police to stop protesters getting to Aso Rock
ABUJA—24 hours to the planned protest of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, against continued absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from national limelight due to illness and refusal of the Federal E...

Truck fails brake, kills 25 persons in Lokoja market
FIVE persons including two siblings of a member of Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Ibrahim Bababodo, have lost thier lives in a fatal motor accidents which occurred along the Felelee area of lokoja...

Buhari asks EXCOF to declare Yar’Adua incapacitated
Kaduna — Former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, in the 2007 Presidential election, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the only opti...

EFCC seals Atuche’s properties in Lagos
LAGOS—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday placed restraining seals on, at least, seven properties belonging to the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of B...

2 die in police, Okada operators’ clash
Aba—Two Persons, a policeman and a civilian were  killed yesterday,  when securitymen said to be from the Ndiegoro police station in Aba, Abia State clashed with a group of people in an attempt to...

‘Uncertainty over PIB puts investment on hold’
ACCRA—THE controversial Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, currently being considered by the National Assembly has once again generated criticisms by the International Oil Companies, IOC’s operating in...

Police ill-equipped to fight robbery — Onovo
ABUJA—THE Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbona Onovo, yesterday, said armed robbery has been on the rise in Nigeria because the Nigeria Police lacked the technological and psychological wherewith...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
"All people in the neighborhood have fled," she added. Just hours earlier, members of the Fulani clan and Berom ethnic activists had clashed nearby, a senior police officer told AFP. "Some Fulan...

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre
, said Sunday's carnage, which claimed hundreds of lives of mainly Christian villagers, could have been avoided had there not been security lapses. He had alerted Nigeria's army commander a...

Nigeria's Government Struggles to Restore Order after Massacre
: Well, then, the U.N. commissioner for human rights, human high commissioner, said today, or yesterday, this is something the government should be stepping in and -- and fixing. PAULINE BAKER

NIPSS alumni condemn Plateau crisis, plan special session
JOS — The Alumni Association of the National Institute, AANI, is to hold a special brain-storming session on the recurrent ethno-religious crisis in Plateau State. The session is scheduled to take p...

Anambra lawmakers task PDP leadership on reconciliation
ONITSHA—For peace to reign in the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, a group of lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, under the aegis of Igwebuike Forum, weekend called on the state and ...

I’ve no interest in political office — Orji’s aide
Umuahia—Amidst speculations that he will be contesting the governorship position of the state in 2011, the Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor, Mr. Mascot  Kalu has said that he has no interest i...

Land disputes, not religion at root of Nigerian violence
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 LAGOS: The latest bout of bloody violence between mainly Christian farmers and predominantly Muslim nomadic herders in Nigeria has more to do with political rivalry and conf...

U.N. Calls for Justice after Nigerian Sectarian Massacre
GWEN IFILL : Next: bloodshed in Nigeria, as political and sectarian tensions spur a new crisis. A warning: You may find some of the images in our story disturbing.

Governors call for fuel subsidy removal
•Probe of NNPC N1.15trn subsidy claims In this season of unusual happenings, governors of the nation’s 36 states voted yesterday to bring an end to the trillion Naira waste better known as fuel...

Bailed banks’ return to profitability may take three years - analysts
•Projection contrasts with CBN’s September target Full recovery to profitability of the embattled banks under the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is likely to take up to three y...

No further investment in Nigeria, say IOCs
•Call for balance between government’s desire and providing reasonable returns for shareholders The controversy surrounding the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently under consideration by th...

FG assures deregulation will eliminate cartel’s control
...reveals ongoing plans to strengthen PPPRA The deregulation policy is the best way to break up the cartel that is said to currently control the oil industry and its elements, the minister of petr...

Council asks Accenture to hunt for new NSE CEO
…selection process to be open, competitive The Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has finally decided to adopt an open and competitive process in selecting a new director-general who wi...

US, rights group urge FG to investigate Jos killings
…ask Plateau government to ensure citizens feel respected, protected The U.S. government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for t...

Lukman links fuel scarcity to legislative deficiencies
…says deregulation is panacea Rilwanu Lukman, minister of petroleum resources, on Tuesday, disclosed that previous efforts by the immediate past administration to address the problem of fuel scar...

Senate, Reps urge probe of renewed Jos crisis
•Lawmakers shut down imposition of emergency •AC blames FG over insincerity The Sunday mayhem in Jos, Plateau State that claimed hundreds of lives on Tuesday attracted the attention of the Nati...

Treading the minefield of an unholy alliance
Events in the last one week have shown that an alliance of forces has been formed to derail the machinery of government in Nigeria. But the sacking on Monday of Sarki Muhktar as National Security Advi...

Jonathan seeks Senate nod to appoint five advisers, fear grips ministers
•SNG holds rally to make him substantive president By seeking the endorsement of the Senate to appoint five senior advisers, indications are that more aides appointed by ailing President Umaru Ya...

Several hundred buried in mass graves in Nigeria following clashes
Jos after recent clashes when Muslim herdsmen reportedly attacked Christian villagers. "We have about 351 corpses being buried at this mass grave, and at the other end, there is another village calle...

PDP warns members against anti-party activities
ABAKALIKI — MEMBERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South East have been told that the party would no longer tolerate indiscipline or anti-party activities from them. They were also ca...

Stop frustrating Jonathan, South-South elders warn govs
ABUJA—ELDERS and leaders from the South-South geo-political zone yesterday rose from a meeting, warning governors from the zone to desist from any attempt to frustrate Acting President Goodluck Jona...

Lawmakers want IG to probe use of arms in Edo Assembly
BENIN CITY—THE leadership of Edo State House of Assembly has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo, to investigate and prosecute those who brought in dangerous weapons into th...

40 children die as measles scourge in Bayelsa worsens
Yenagoa— Attempts to contain the spread of the outbreak of measles ravaging some communities in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State may have suffered a setback, as no fewer than for...

FG to site new towns in oil producing areas
ABUJA— CHAIRMAN, Infrastructure Sub-Committee of the Amnesty programme and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, said, yesterday, the proposed new towns would be sited in selected oil...

Country Extradites Al-Qaeda Suspect
Abuja — A TERRORIST suspected to belong to the Al-Qaeda network, Ibrahim Haman Ahmed, who was extradited to the United States of America by Nigerian government officials had been on the wanted l...

Nigerian slaughter shatters fragile balance
Shrink LAGOS - Soldiers were out in force in the troubled Nigerian city of Jos where aid workers were still counting the dead after a sectarian massacre in which hundreds of villagers were hacked to d...

Regina couple help fight polio in west African country of Benin
REGINA — Dressed in a white a T-shirt and matching baseball cap, Janice and Scott Yule suddenly had a fan club as they made their way through a remote African village in the Kpomasse region of Benin...

Nigerian Christian villagers flee threats of fresh attacks by Mulims
END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Frightened Christians streamed out of villages in central Nigeria yesterday after threats ...

Nigeria urged to end impunity after massacre
By Shuaibu Mohammed Jos - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between ...

Utuama tasks LG bosses, deputies on cooperation
ASABA—DELTA State Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama (SAN), has enjoined council chairmen in the state to always carry their deputies along, citing the harmonious relationship that existed between h...

Jonathan seeks Senate nod for 5 special advisers
ABUJA—ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan, in an apparent move to consolidate his position, has requested the Senate to give approval to appoint five special advisers. No names were given in the lett...

Rep donates 500 books to students
BENIN— WORRIED by the mass failure of students in English Language and Mathematics in West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and National Examinations Council, NECO, examinations, a member of the ...

Group urges govt to fast-track post-amnesty programme
PORT HARCOURT—A group of eminent Niger Deltans, under the aegis of Charles Weber Collective, has called on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to fast-track government’s post-amnesty programme for ...

Row over fresh killings
One of them, identified as Mr. Gyang, died instantly while the injured man was rushed to hospital and is being treated for gunshot wounds. This was even as some women in Vwang district protested alle...

Deputy gov seeks end to debate on Yar’Adua
UYO—DEPUTY Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Patrick Ekpotu, has urged Nigerians to end the national debate on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua for the nation to move forward.

Nigerian Web Scam Targets Madoff Victims
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick victims of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, seen in this March 2009 fil...

Soyinka Seeks Criminal Proceedings Against Turai
Lagos — Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called for criminal proceedings against First Lady Turai Yar'Adua just as he said that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and security chiefs in...

Senate May Decide On Auditor General's Fate
Abuja — The fate of the nominee for the position of Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Samuel Ukura, may be known today, barring changes in plan. The Upper House had indicated on its notice...

Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead. N...

NDLEA nabs woman for alleged drug trafficking
THE Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 52-year old mother of seven, for trafficking 1.166 kilogrammes of heroin, who alle...

Activists, women tasked on domestic violence
Nigerian women and the rights groups have been called upon to rise and confront rising cases of domestic violence in the country. Edo State Attorney-General, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana; Mr. and Mrs. Femi F...

Foodstuff prices skyrocket in Lagos
Prices of food stuff have sky rocketed in major markets in Lagos following the withdrawal of service by trailer drivers from northern part of the country over allegations of extortion by officials of ...

Avoid Onigbinde’s mistake, Ikpeba tells Lagerback
FORMER African Football king, Victor Ikpeba, has advised Lars Lagerback to avoid the type of mistakes  Adegboye Onigbinde made by dropping some key  players while preparing the Eagles to the Korea-J...

Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Sustained automatic weapons fire can be heard in the Nigerian town where recent fighting between Christians and Muslims has left more than 200 people dead. Police and military forc...

Nigeria urged to investigate religious violence
JOS, Nigeria (AP) - The U.S. government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed v...

Nigeria Clash Isn't About Religion, Clarifies Prelate [2010-03-09]
Zenit.org ).- Last Sunday's violence near Jos that caused the deaths of perhaps several hundred people is being portrayed as a Muslim-Christian conflict, but according to an archbishop of the area, th...

Violence delays polio vaccinations
[in January] said Mathew Dabup, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) polio immunization manager in Plateau State, which includes Jos. IFRC has been conducting...

New massacre fears as 500 die in Nigeria
Christian villagers in Nigeria fled their homes following threats of new attacks in the aftermath of a massacre, despite the presence on Tuesday of troops designed to restore calm to the region.

Nigeria's $6 bln fuel subsidy bill a "huge waste" - finmin
ABUJA, March 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's fuel importers claim the government owes 880 billion naira ($6 billion) in subsidies accrued over the past five years, highlighting the urgent need for deregula...

Kalu tasks Lagerback on Kanu
Love him, hate him Nwankwo Kanu is still very much a factor in Nigeria’s trip to the 2010 World Cup.Pillar of Sports Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu emphasised this much Tuesday.

Ndanusa wants another foreign coach for Badminton
Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanusa, has directed the Commission’s Director General, Chief Patrick Ekeji, to ensure he signs a tested coach for badminton even if ...

President Atta Mills, Rawlings, Kuffour to grace event
The 2009 Glo-CAF Platinum Award will be presented to the President of Ghana, Professor John Atta Mills, who is expected to head the long list of dignitaries at the awards ceremony scheduled for the St...

Thank God we didn’t hire Shehata, Ogufere screams
FORMER President of West African Football Union, WAFU, Chief Jonathan Ogufere, is relieved that Nigeria did not go ahead to hire Egyptian national coach, Hassan Shehata, to tinker the Eagles either on...

Neseabageyi vows to capture world title to honour Delta
World heavyweight professional wrestling contender, Steve Neseabageyi has declared his intention to defeat his opponent, Michael ‘Shooter’ Kovac in their April 25 contest billed to hold at the War...

Ekeji to declare open coaches’ seminar
Director General of the National Sports Commission, Patrick Ekeji, will be Special Guest of Honour and also declare open a two-day seminar for Nigeria Football Coaches being organised by the Nigeria F...

Eagles depart for Niamey without Amodu
Players of homebased Eagles are scheduled to leave for Niger Republic today, but the team’s official handler, Shaibu Amodu was not on the list of the technical crew that would accompany the squad. ...

Politicians, group fight over council chief
UGHELLI—Political office holders from Abraka Clan, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State and leadership of a group, Abraka Political Movement, are at daggers drawn over the performance o...

Mba, Onigbinde retain FIFA appointments
World football governing body FIFA has retained Linus Mba and Chief Adegboyega as  FIFA Technical Advisors – Refereeing and coaching respectively for up to December 2011. Linus Mba is one of the o...

Okpe Council budgets N1.9bn for 2010
WARRI—Okpe local government area of Delta State is to spend N1, 913,396,200.00 for the 2010 fiscal year, with  capital expenditure alloted over 56 percent of the total sum.

Koko community head backs youths’ demand
WARRI—AS agitation persists over government’s acquisition of land for the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, project in Koko town, Delta State, the community head of Koko, Chief Victor Nanna, has assure...

Eruotor eyes DTHA, urges support for Uduaghan
Mr. Steve Eruotor has declared his intention to contest for the Delta State House of Assembly in next year’s election. Addressing community leaders at Okpara town, Eruotor thanked people of the...

NDDC, NIW train 3,000 welders
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the Nigerian Institute of Welding, NIW, have partnered to train over 3,000 competent welders in the Niger Delta for the next three years.

Experts worry over low broadband use at eWorld forum
At the end of a capacity building eWorld forum held  last week in Lagos, stakeholders in the Nigerian ICT industry were worried over snail speed  of broadband penetration  across the nation, saying...

German police to use open source Navit navigation
At the just concluded 2010 edition of Cebit trade exhibition held in Hannover, Germany, the  German district of Brandenburg was  trialling the open source Navit car navigation system for its Police ...

Long night calls can impair hearing, Expert
Since the introduction of free late night calls by the GSM operators, many Nigerians, especially youths take advantage of the offer to stay in touch with friends and acquaintances, often for long peri...

Violence Delays Polio Vaccinations
Dakar — A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and an on-going health worker strike, aid workers sa...

Google holds software contest for African students in Dublin
SEARCH engine giant, Google has announced the start-off of  it’s annual African software programmers competition which is coming barely two weeks after the launch of it’s latest map domains which...

Ndukwe harps on importance of consultation
Executive ViceChairman of Nigeria Communication Commission, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has identified broadbased consultation with stakeholders in the industry as key to the success he achieved so far as NCC...

Bridging the digital divide
“Digital inclusion brings about a level playing field. It means that the little girl in a village in Nigeria can get information for her research project as a little girl in Washington or China....

Brightter ICT horizon beckons as 8 years old Nigerian becomes youngest MCP
It took quite some efforts to get little Favour Nwaiwu, an eight year old primary four pupil of Royal Family Academy, Abuja, to pose for a good photo shot. She is not a photo freak and by no inclinati...