Sky News AustraliaNigerian military raids suspected islamist hide-outDeutsche WelleThe army in Nigeria says it has killed at least 14 suspected Boko Haram militants after a raid on a home in Kano state, northern Nigeria. The military claimed that 14 Is...

Leadership NewspapersTask Force On Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Arrests FiveLeadership NewspapersThe operatives of the Inspector-General of Police's Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, have arrested five suspected vandals in Lagos, that ...

CHANNELSGunmen Kill 19 In Easter AttackCHANNELSGunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Sunday stormed Afaka village in Kaura local government area of Kaduna state killing 19 people. The unknown gunmen took the community by surprise as they attacked i...

Kogi flood victims reject N3, 000 as compensationDaily Times NigeriaVictims of the 2012 flood disaster in Kogi have rejected the offer of N3, 000 compensation from the state government, describing the gesture as inadequate. Some of the victims told new...

Lagos Is The Safest City In Nigeria – Frank MbaCHANNELSThe Deputy Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba on Monday said that Lagos is the safest city in Nigeria and one of the safest in Africa. While speaking about the ...

National MirrorStrategic Political Transformation of Abia StateAllAfrica.comWhen a comparision is made between the application of federalism in Nigeria and other democratic climes, it becomes very clear that Nigeria's style of federalism is just un...

Osun DefenderHow to make leaders accountable, by TinubuOsun DefenderFormer-Lagos-State-Governor-Bola-Tinubu1 ACTION Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has advised Nigerians on how to put leaders on their toes. He urged citize...

Nigerian TribuneOBJ in Ikenne, asks God to stop death in Awo familyNigerian TribuneFORMER president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the Yeye Oodua, Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo in Ikenne, Ogun State, over the death of the publ...

Nigerian TribuneJTF, boko haram in bloody battle in kano •15 killedNigerian TribuneTHE Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano on Easter Sunday shot dead 14 suspected terrorists during a gun duel when they stormed their bomb factory hideout at Yan'Awaki a...

FAAN lies again, Bi-Courtney insistsNigerian TribuneBi-Courtney has reacted to the statement issued by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that the Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed its action seeking to restrain FAAN from interfer...

Travails of APGANigerian TribuneIN his book, titled: Dynamics Of Political Communication, published by AuthorHouse, United Kingdom, Michael Angel Folorunso (2013) observes that: “political communication is ideologically violating. Political communica...

Nigeria Master WebLuxury bus attack: 2 Igbo groups trade words over casualty figuresNigerian TribuneTWO Igbo groups in Kano State now trade words over the recent bomb blast casualties at New Road Luxury Park Sabongari, while the state president, Ohanae...

Easter: FRSC convicts 231 road traffic offendersNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured conviction of 231 drivers for road traffic offences during the nationwide Easter patrol. A statement by the Corps Public Education Officer,...

NSCDC arrests electricity cable vandalThe Guardian NigeriaHAD Chukwu Onyekachi, 28, succeeded in his latest attempt, it would have been the 70th time he had successfully vandalised electricity cables and equipment belonging to the Power Holding Company...

P.M. NewsEkiti ACN, PDP trade blame as one dies in clashThe Guardian NigeriaTHERE are claims and counter-claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over the killing of Mr. Ayodele Jeje, believed to be a member of ...

Osun DefenderUnions dissociate selves from planned Osun workers' strikeThe Guardian NigeriaTHERE is a fresh dimension to the warning strike declared to beginTuesday in Osun State as a section of the organised labour Sunday dissociated itself from t...

Osun DefenderTHROWBACK: Criminals, corrupt people should be barred from public office ...Premium TimesIt is unclear what former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, thinks now of criminals and corrupt people in the corridors of power. Bu...

Times LIVE15 dead in Nigerian Easter military raidNinemsnSoldiers have raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano, sparking a clash that left 15 people dead, the military says. Japa...

THISDAY LivePDP: A Difficult ReconciliationTHISDAY LiveThe recent reconciliation attempt embarked upon by the National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party at the six geopolitical zones has exposed the soft underbelly of the party. At least, i...

Osun DefenderDele Momodu: Ave unbreakable, Cum salutantDailyPost NigeriaFellow Nigerians, today is not a normal day. It is so abnormal that I had to search for the appropriate Latin expression for the title of my epistle to you. For the second week run...

spyghana.comNigeria: First Lady Patience Jonathan flown abroad for treatment againCodewit Global NetworkPatience JonathanThere are indications that the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been flown abroad for medical treatment in an und...

Police officer killed at daughters' wedding in Borno stateDailyPost NigeriaA Police officer was on Friday killed by unknown gunmen at the wedding ceremony of his two daughters in Damboa local government area of Borno State, sources had revealed jus...

THISDAY LiveICPC Laments Non-chalance Over Government ExpenditureTHISDAY LiveThe Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, has berated Nigerians for their nonchalant attitude over how public fun...

Keyamo: Group Faults Delta Commissioner's AdviceTHISDAY LiveA group working for the Delta State governorship ambition of Lagos lawyer , Festus Keyamo, Delta Forces United (DFU), has faulted the state Commissioner of Information, , Chike Ogeah, who ...

Nigerian TribunePDP 'll reverse Aregbesola's unpopular polices in 2014 —Senator AkinlabiNigerian TribuneA gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the People Democratic Party of Nigeria (PDP), in Osun State, Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi, has...

spyghana.comLagos Goes After Tax EvadersThe Guardian NigeriaLagos State government may have concluded plans to clampdown on tax evaders and those who make false declaration to cut down their tax obligations. Gov. Babatunde Fashola, gave the hint at a s...

Lagos Goes After Tax EvadersThe Guardian NigeriaLagos State government may have concluded plans to clampdown on tax evaders and those who make false declaration to cut down their tax obligations. Gov. Babatunde Fashola, gave the hint at a stakeholder c...

Aljazeera.comScores killed in Nigeria religious violenceAljazeera.comSecurity tightened after Christian villagers in Plateau state accuse ethnic Fulani Muslims of burning their homes. Last Modified: 30 Mar 2013 19:34. Email Article. Print Article. Shar...

Premium TimesSpeeding truck kills FRSC MarshallPremium TimesThe Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of one of its men, Iyakwo Danlami, who was killed by a speeding truck. In a statement released on Saturday afternoon, the Corps sai...

Nigerian TribuneI am like a son to the Awolowos, says JonathanDaily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan this afternoon paid a condolence visit to HID Awolowo, mother of late Chief Oluwole Awolowo, Publisher/ Vice Chairman of the African Newspapers...

spyghana.comDo not link Boko Haram with Islam, Governor Aliyu urges NigeriansPremium TimesGovernor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Friday, urged Nigerians not to link Islam with Boko Harm as “Islam abhors extremism in all aspects.” Mr. Aliyu made the c...

StarAfrica.com3 killed, 10 others injured in road accidents in southern NigeriaStarAfrica.comThree persons were on Friday killed while 10 others were seriously injured in two separate road accidents on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in south-western Nig...

Osun DefenderWe are the owners of oil, no force can stop Jonathan's re-election – Tompolo ...Osun Defendertompolo2 Former Niger Delta militant leader, Ekpemupolo famously known as Tompolo, has affirmed that nothing can stop President Goodluck Jon...

CHANNELSMadumere Sworn-In As Imo State Deputy GovernorCHANNELSThe Former Chief of staff to the Imo state Governor, Mr Eze Madumere (MFR), has been sworn in as the new Deputy Governor of Imo state. The swearing in ceremony took place at the Sam Mbakwe e...

Osun DefenderDon't use religion to cause havoc, Jonathan advises NigeriansOsun Defenderjonathan_goodluck-front_200_200 (1) President Goodluck Jonathan has enjoined Nigerians not to use religion to cause havoc capable of the disrupting the peaceful ...

50% of PDP members will move to APC – Says PDP BoT member, Kashim Imam ...Osun Defenderapc logo A member of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that no less than 50 per cent of the current members of the ru...

“His advice comes in bad taste” – Group blasts Delta State official for urging ...DailyPost NigeriaA group, the Delta Forces United, has flayed a recent statement credited to the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, advising Lag...

Rainstorm destroys 600 housesNigerian TribuneTHE Thursday rain in Adoka community area of Otukpo local government of Benue state wreaked havoc, destroying over 600 houses and properties worth millions of naira. Saturday Tribune learnt that the rain acc...

CHANNELSReflect on Jesus Christ's life —Gov ImokeNigerian TribuneGovernor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, on Friday, advised Nigerians to reflect deeply on the life of Jesus Christ who sacrificed all to redeem mankind. In his Easter message rel...

Let's keep hope alive —AmosunNigerian TribuneOGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has called on Nigerians to keep hope alive in spite of the challenges confronting the nation. He noted that the triumph of Jesus Christ over death was an a...

Nigerian TribuneThe story of my beginning -Oluwole Awolowo, 1942-2013Nigerian TribuneWHENEVER I reflect on my journey on earth so far, I tend to conclude that my whole existence must have been influenced by circumstances of my birth. Whether this obser...

Man To Die By Hanging For Killing KinsmanThe Guardian NigeriaAN Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced one Mallam Usman Sule to death by hanging over the murder of his neighbour, Mallam Mohammed Sheu. The heinous crime was committed in Aramoko Ekiti in Eki...

Leadership NewspapersJTF Arrests Boko Haram Commandant In Kano, Beefs Up Security For EasterThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has captured one of the top commandants of the Boko Haram sect on Thursday evening in Kano. The arrested...

68 year old woman escapes from her abductorsP.M. NewsThe abducted mother of Mr. James Dugo, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development,has escaped from her captors, who had kept her, since Wednesday, in the thick fore...

CHANNELSPresidency orders SSS to investigate killing of 2 NSCDC officers in LagosallvoicesThere are strong indications that the presidency has ordered the State Security Service, SSS to investigate the recent killing of two personnel of the Nigeria Sec...

Easter: Imoke charges Nigerians to reflect on life of ChristDaily Times NigeriaThe Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, on Friday called on Nigerians to reflect deeply on the life of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed all to redeem mankind. The governor ...

P.M. NewsFalana: Govt not persuasive on AlamieyeseighaP.M. NewsNigeria's leading human rights lawyer and Senior advocate, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has criticised 'the arrogant' posturing of aides of President Goodluck Jonathan in justifying th...

CHANNELSNigeria on the brink, says SoyinkaThe Guardian NigeriaNOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has cautioned that Nigeria is on the brink and President Goodluck Jonathan must take proactive steps that would prevent the nation from going into another...

Lawyers And Big Men Have Hijacked Nigeria's Criminal Justice System- FalanaCHANNELSA legal practitioner and public affairs analyst, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) today blamed “senior lawyers and big men” for conniving to deprive the masses of law and o...

NUJ national president, others escape air crash in LagosDaily Times NigeriaMalam Mohammed Garba, the National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other passengers on board a Royal Air Maroc, on Thursday escaped an air crash in Lagos. Garb...

Revocation of Orji Kalu's degreeThe Guardian NigeriaCOMING amidst lingering tension between Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and his predecessor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, the recent revocation of Kalu's Bachelor's degree in Government and ...

Osun DefenderOsun lawmakers pass N234b appropriation billThe Guardian NigeriaAFTER a major upward review by N51billion, Osun State House of Assembly Wednesday, passed into law, the 2013 appropriation bill of N234.3billion. Governor Rauf Aregbesola had ...

P.M. NewsSlain banker: Alleged husband opens defence, blames wife's family for problemsNigerian TribuneHUSBAND to Titilayo Arowolo, the slain Skye bank staff, Akolade Arowolo, who was accused of allegedly stabbing his 29-year-old wife to death on J...

CHANNELSNobody can stop Jonathan in 2015 – TompoloNigerian TribuneAs intrigues and horse-trading continue to characterize preparation for the 2015 elections, President Goodluck Jonathan's second term bid has been described as unstoppable. Former ...

Nigerian TribuneNo plan to remove oil subsidy - PresidencyNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government has no immediate plan to remove petroleum subsidy contrary to the perception of Nigerians arising from President Goodluck Jonathan recent remarks on the ma...

Nigerian TribuneImo deputy gov, Agbaso, impeached •Okorocha's Chief of Staff, Madumere, to ...Nigerian TribuneWith the impeachment, which took place at the close of working hours, it is now certain that the Chief Of staff to the state governor, P...

WorldStageMinisters, Ademowo preach sacrifice, hope, love at EasterThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has called on the residents of the territory to spread the gospel of love, sacrifice, toleran...

WorldStageOil workers' unions demand quick passage of PIB by National AssemblyWorldStageLagos (WorldStage Newsonline)--The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSA...

CHANNELSNigerian Army Commences Annual Shooting ExerciseCHANNELSThe Nigerian Army has commenced its annual range classification shooting exercise for officers and soldiers in weapon handling and other military skills. The Army says this is aimed at imp...

THISDAY LiveBabalakin gets court's nod to travel abroadThe Guardian NigeriaJUSTICE Adeniyi Onigbanjo of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos Wednesday granted the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Limited, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), permission to travel abroad for medi...

Don't Grant Amnesty To Boko Haram —Primate AyodeleP.M. NewsGranting amnesty to members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram would have negative consequences on Nigeria's security. The founder of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Babatunde...

Premium TimesTwo policemen killed in fresh Plateau violencePremium TimesReports from Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State indicate that fresh fighting between Fulani herdsmen and the native tribe in the area has claimed the lives of two mobile...

Osun DefenderOsun rehabilitates Ede water works with N2 billionThe Guardian NigeriaTO increase availability of potable water in Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has revamped the Ede water works. The N2 billion rehabilitation and modernisation proje...

7Online WSVN-TVUPDATE 1-Briton kidnapped in Nigeria's Lagos freedReuters UKThu Mar 28, 2013 11:32am GMT. (Adds background). ABUJA, March 28 (Reuters) - A British businessman kidnapped last week in an upmarket district of Nigeria's commercial ca...

CHANNELSTraffic Offence: Fashola Denies Assaulting MorkaCHANNELSThe Lagos State Government has debunked reports alleging that the state governor, Babatunde Fashola ordered his police escorts to manhandle the driver and children of Felix Morka, the Exec...

P.M. News'Jonathan was part of Alamieyeseigha's government'The Guardian NigeriaEbun Adegboruwa, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, examines the moral and legal implications of the stunt created by the recent presidential pardon granted to s...

CHANNELSAlleged forgery: Court grants Atuche bail on self recognitionNigerian TribuneJustice Onigbanjo, while ruling on the bail application, said despite the opposition from the anti-graft agency, the court must also consider its records. “The court...

Minimum Wage: Osun NLC, TUC accuse Aregbesola of not honouring ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Osun State chapter, on Wednesday accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola's administration of failing to...

CHANNELSLawan's sacking, not judgment on $620m bribe –RepsThe PunchHouse of Representatives on Wednesday said it sacked Mr. Farouk Lawan as Chairman, Committee on Education because it did not want to tie down the oversight duties of the committee...

Nigerian TribunePolice uncover bomb-laden Golf car in KanoNigerian TribuneKANO Police command has averted what could have resulted in another devastating attack, with the interception of a bomb-laden Golf 3 car, including 238 live ammunition of differe...

Nigerian TribuneTukur and troubled reconciliation agendaNigerian TribuneAs the present, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national leadership clocks one year in office, KUNLE ODEREMI zeros in on the gains and losses of its peace initiative. AT the time he...

CHANNELSFarouk's Removal Was For Performance Sake – House SpokesmanCHANNELSThe House of Representatives has explained that the removal of Mr. Farouk Lawan as the chairman of the House committee on education was not to confirm his alleged involvem...

Premium TimesEkiti women organise prayer session for deputy governor's quick recoveryPremium TimesL-R: Ekiti State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Chief Ronke Okusanya; Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empow...

Daily Times ownership controversy, Appeal Court orders re-trialPremium TimesThe Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the retrial of the case challenging the ownership of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN). A shareholder in Daily Times, DSV L...

CHANNELSCommunal violence kills at least 27 in central NigeriaReutersJOS, Nigeria | Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:00pm EDT. JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes between rival ethnic groups in central Nigeria killed at least 27 people on Wednesday, witnesses said, in ...

Nigerian Police Smash Robbery GangP.M. NewsThe police at Dolphin Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have shot one robber dead and arrested three others during a gun battle, while one managed to escape with bullet wounds. The incident, according...

CHANNELSJang Threatens To Deal With Corrupt Civil Servants In PlateauCHANNELSPublic officers and civil servants in the services of the Plateau State government have been warned to desist from corrupt practices that can bring disrepute to the state or f...

CHANNELSCourt Restrains Senate, Police From Arresting MainaCHANNELSA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday vacated the arrest warrant issued by the senate against the sacked chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. The s...

Osun DefenderImmigration repatriates 57 NigeriensDaily Times NigeriaRasheed Odupeyin, the Comptroller of Immigration in Lagos, told journalists that the immigrants were among the 92 suspects arrested during a raid by the police. He said the suspects we...

National Mirror900 corps members redeployed from KanoDaily Times NigeriaA total of 900 of the 2,413 youth corps members deployed to Kano State for National Youth Service have been re-posted to other states of the country due to the recent terrorist att...

Independent OnlineOkah's Refusal To Support Jonathan Triggered Trial – KeyamoCHANNELSActivist lawyer, Festus Keyamo has described the trial and judgement of Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as poli...

National MirrorN107m scam: Court dismisses Ogbulafor's no case submissionNational MirrorA Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High court yesterday held that former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has a...

Leadership NewspapersUniAbuja - ASUU Appeals for Release of Visitation Panel ReportAllAfrica.comThe Abuja zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has appealed to the federal government to hasten the release of the white paper of the sp...

Osun DefenderBalarabe, others move to position North for 2015The PunchAhead of the 2015 presidential election, the North on Tuesday set up a movement, known as Majalisar Talakawa(Peoples Movement), to checkmate the current political arrangement, and el...

Daily SunBoko Haram: Senate backs presidency on amnesty standNigerian TribuneTHE Senate, on Tuesday, declared its support for the stand taken by President Goodluck Jonathan over his refusal to grant amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect. This was a...

P.M. NewsEjinrin/Folagbade/Ibadan road: Amosun dares FGNigerian TribuneOGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has vowed not to stop the ongoing reconstruction work on the Ejinrin/Folagbade/Ibadan road in Ijebu-Ode, against the directive of the F...

WorldStageEjinrin/Folagbade/Ibadan road: Amosun dares FGNigerian TribuneOGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has vowed not to stop the ongoing reconstruction work on the Ejinrin/Folagbade/Ibadan road in Ijebu-Ode, against the directive of the ...

Osun DefenderAfenifere, OPC seek probe into alleged Bayelsa ownership of terrorists' hideoutThe Guardian NigeriaA YORUBA socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere and the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have called for investigation into the allegation b...

CHANNELSAviation College To Commence Flight Training In MinnaCHANNELSThe Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria has commenced training of potential pilots in Minna, following the establishment of the satellite campus of the college six months ag...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram: Amnesty Can't Be Undertaken In A Vacuum – OsuntokunCHANNELSA public affairs analyst and former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Akin Osuntokun, on Tuesday said before the government could consider gr...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram: Amnesty Can't Be Undertaken In A Vacuum – OsuntokunCHANNELSA public affairs analyst and former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Akin Osuntokun, on Tuesday said before the government could consider gr...

CHANNELS26th March, 2013 11:45Henry Okah Gets 24 Years For Independence Day ...The StreetjournalThe Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday April 1, 2013 as public holidays to commemorate Good Friday and Easter Monday. The declarati...

CHANNELSMoney Laundering: Court Refuses Plea To End Ikuforiji's TrialCHANNELSThe Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday refused an application by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, seeki...

Leadership NewspapersEaster Celebration: FGLeadership NewspapersTo Install this app, enter the address below on your phone. http://m.leadership.ng. If you have a QR Code Reader you can access the app by scanning this code. This app will work on all pho...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram is Ignorant, Says SoyinkaTHISDAY LiveNobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said members of Boko Haram, in their opposition to western education, are ignorant of the teachings of Islam. Soyinka, who spoke Monday in ...

Special Duties Ministry Takes over Constituency ProjectsTHISDAY LiveThe newly-reconstituted Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs has got the approval of the federal government to take over constituency projects of the National Asse...

How politicians compromise judgesThe Guardian NigeriaTHE late legal Icon, Justice Kayode Eso, once raised the alarm on the danger of get-rich-quick syndrome among some judges in the country, stressing that the trend was too dangerous for the Nigerian J...

Nigerian TribuneDon't dump PDP, Anenih begs LamidoNigerian TribuneCHAIRMAN, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said the party is in need of the Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. Anenih mad...

Nigerian TribuneInsecurity: US, Nigeria in closed door meetingNigerian TribuneUNITED States' Ambassador yesterday expressed deep concern over the rise in killings and bombings in the country to the Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Agbej...

CHANNELSTanker explosion kills 2 in KanoP.M. NewsTwo persons were confirmed dead in a tanker explosion on Gwarzo Road, Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday. A moving Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, tanker rammed into a stationary tanker, re...