ASUU: NLC threatens nationwide strike

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress  has threatened to call a nationwide industrial action if the Federal Government fails to stop the ongoing strike by university lecturers under the banner of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The NLC, in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Committee meeting in

Vigilantes push Boko Haram from their Nigerian base

Local knowledge of informer group a 'game-changer' in fight against insurgents

The men from Boko Haram came tearing through the rural town of Benisheik, setting fire to houses, looting, shooting and yelling, "God is great!" residents and officials said The gunmen shot motorists point-blank on the

Reps Summon Sanusi, Okonjo-Iweala Over Naira Depreciation

Worried by the continued depreciation of the Naira, the House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to appear before its committees on Finance, Banking and Currency, and National Planning and Economic Development and explain why the

18-yr-old victim of gang rape commits suicide

YENAGOA— An 18-year-old girl, allegedly gang-raped by three boys, has committed suicide at her Amarata residence. It is a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The deceased, simply identified as Janet, was a native of Oduali in Abua/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
She was reportedly gang-raped at gunpoint by the boys, who forced her into an

“No Man Is Bold Enough To Marry Me” – Actress Dayo Amusa

Yoruba nollywood actress and producer, Dayo Amusa, needs a husband but the lucky man must be bold enough to ask for her hand in marriage, or she will remain single for life. These were the words that came out of her when the issue of her marriage came up recently. Dayo, who is one of nollywood big babes, is still single despite age not being on her side, and she is not in a hurry to settle down, especially if the man is not

INSIGHT-The struggle to tame Africa's beast of a megacity (Lagos)

* Nigeria's Lagos has a GDP bigger than most African nations
* Light rail one of many attempts to impose order on chaos
* Critics say Lagos governor hasn't done enough for slum dwellers
* Fans say institutions governor has built could outlast him
By Tim Cocks
LAGOS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A walk along the two kilometres

Islamic police arrest 150 in Nigeria accused of indecent dress, prostitution and cross-dressing

Religious police in northern Nigeria detain scores of people for flouting Shariah law including 45 at a birthday party due to "indecent dress that is against the practice of Islam"

Religious police in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Tuesday publicly paraded scores of people arrested for flouting Islamic law, including transvestites and people wearing clothing deemed too tight or