Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a dispatch from the "north Nigeria metropolis" of Bauchi, Nigeria, where, as it was reported last month, dozens of gay men were arrested in the wake of the so-called "Jail the Gays" bill.
Two herbalists and five others found with a severed human head have been arrested by men of the Oyo State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps .
In a bid to sustain the achievements made by the Federal Government in the nation's power sector, government on Monday set up the Power Sector Intervention Fund , and made an initial deposit of N300 billion.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned a businessman identified as Dr. Chidi Barns Okpaluba and a Company, Quartermasters Limited before Justice L.B Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on a 13-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, stealing and publication of false statements.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed his chief of staff, three senior government sources told Reuters on Monday, extending a wave of government changes a year before elections.
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Population: 140,000,000 , 170,000,000 , GDP per Capita:$1,725.00, Official language: English, Capital: Abuja, Largest City: Lagos, Area: 923,768 square kms, Independence: From UK, 1 October 1960 In Nigeria's fast-changing social and political landscape everything happens all at once.
When it was first reported in the media that an outbreak of cholera had spread like wildfire in Kano State, many did not take it seriously, because they never expected that it would cause such a huge mortality among the residents of the state.
It's been dubbed the "Venice of Africa" but comparisons between the sprawling Lagos community of Makoko and the historic Italian city begin and end at the water's edge.
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