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ONE: Accusations of extra-judicial killings in response to the Kano bombings have caused anger and more resentment towards Nigerian security forces. Local communities have reported disappearances of people they believe[…]
ONE: The aftermath of the attacks in Kano that targeted police stations, immigration offices, the local headquarters of the secret police claiming at least 143 lives continues. This could possibly[…]
2011 started with a bang in Nigeria, Jos was on fire and everyone was on edge. Nothing has changed so far. The country is plagued with constant traumas and general[…]
ONE: Time Magazine declared this week that the 2011’s person of the year is the protester. Not to be left out, Lagosians took to the street on Saturday to[…]
ONE: It is time for that great tradition of setting priorities for the upcoming year. This year promises to be filled with intrigue as the president and his team gets[…]
ONE: The Nigerian Legislature made into law a bill that criminalizes homosexual marriage, activity, activism and association. The bill had been in the senate for a while and we covered[…]
ONE: 136 people were killed yesterday when Boko Haram led a siege on the Nigerian Northeast. Roadside bombs, suicide attackers and gunmen ransacked the cities of Damaturu, Maiduguri and Potiskum[…]
ONE: A total number of 71,135 ghosts and ghouls have invaded the Nigerian Federal Civil Service and the government has been paying these non-people regularly to the annual tune[…]
ONE: The US Supreme Court decided last week to hear a case that accuses Shell of engaging in extensive human rights abuses in Nigeria. The plaintiff claims that Shell was[…]
ONE: The Nigerian Government’s youth ministry has just launched an initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among the young people of the country. The business plan competition that is funded by the government’s[…]