Lagos, Nigeria News

In a speech Monday, Clinton acknowledged he was "really worried" about the security problems now plaguing the nation, which includes increasingly violent attacks by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.

PIRATES have fired on a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria killing the captain and chief engineer, a maritime watchdog body said as it warned shipping to stay clear of the area.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Monday that the rampant poverty that plagues oil-rich Nigeria - felt most acutely in its Muslim north - is fueling the religious violence now tearing at the nation.

Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than a $1 a day, despite economic growth, statistics show.

LAGOS, Nigeria - Hurricane-strength winds and rain tore through the islands of Nigeria's commercial capital on Monday, killing at least one person and downing trees across major roadways.

A piracy monitoring official says pirates off Nigeria's coast have attacked a cargo ship and shot dead its captain and chief engineer.

A piracy monitoring official says pirates off Nigeria's coast have attacked a cargo ship and shot dead its captain and chief engineer.

A piracy monitoring official says pirates off Nigeria's coast have attacked a cargo ship and shot dead its captain and chief engineer.

Electricity tariffs in the country are expected to increase by up to 88 per cent under reforms designed to revive the power sector and attract investors.

It must be emphasized, of course, that for every attempt or success at real estate 419, there are many instances of successful transactions that go off without a hitch.

LEGAL icon and former Education Secretary, Prof. Ben Nwabueze , Alhaji Maitama Sule and members of the Project Nigeria - National Consensus Group , have commiserated with the families of Dr M. T. Mbu and Prof.

By CHIOMA OBINNA & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO LAGOS-As from next academic session, all children of school age in Lagos and Ogun states may be required to present their immunisation card before admission.

EMINENT leaders from the six geo-political zones of the country converged in Lagos to dialogue on the state of the nation and proffer a lasting solution to the multifarious problems facing the country.

Members of Greek organizations in the National Pan-Hellenic Council are celebrating Black History Month by focusing on African-American leaders from the past, present and future.

She believes there will be no change unless individuals begin to see themselves as agents of change.

With a new book that formalizes and interprets a collection of indigenous African art owned by an African collector, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, a professor of history of art and architecture at UC Santa Barbara, is changing the way African art is regarded and valued.

The Managing Director, Greenlife Pharmaceuticals Limited, Dr Obiora Chukwuka, says his company will distribute to the Nigerian market a new herbal drug, `Manix`, which would cure Erectile Dysfunction among men.

Buses and vans are seen near Oshodi market in Lagos on Feb. 1, 2012. A nationwide strike and protests brought tens of thousands into the streets in Nigeria over fuel prices in January.

Customs officers have detained a 27-year-old Nigerian man for attempting to smuggle into the country 75 pellets of drugs in a condom which he had swallowed, KL International Airport Customs deputy director Siti Baya Berahan said today.

AFTER designing the decoration for Nigeria at 50 Anniversary which earned him the Best Event Designer of the year 2011, Temitope Amodu, the Chief Executive Officer of Tsoule events company has been a force to reckon with in event designing in Nigeria.