Residents of the Nigerian city of Lagos are demanding an independent inquiry into the destruction of a weapons dump which caused the deaths of more than 600 people.

THE governments of Nigeria and the Swiss Confederation in Abuja signed the fourth bilateral debt rescheduling agreement of about $152 million equivalent owed the Paris Club members by the country as at July 31, 2000.

Oyo state governor, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina at the weekend inaugurated a N3.2 million Library and Media Resource Centre built by the state chapter of the NUJ with a plea to journalists to refrain from reports that could break the country.

As many as 500 bodies were reportedly recovered after explosions tore through a military arms depot in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos. Hundreds of residents were reported to have drowned after plunging into a canal as they fled a chain reaction of blasts, believed to have been caused accidently, at the Ikeja military base.

An Islamic court in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto acquitted on Wednesday a 17-year-old woman charged with adultery, which carries a sentence of death by stoning.

Journalists Against AID (JAAIDS) Nigeria has commenced an advocacy campaign to support access to affordable treatment and care for Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS. The two-year campaign aims to secure access to HIV-related care and treatment by empowering a wide body of stakeholders with the appropriate information and skills to act on these issues.

Normalcy started to return to Nigeria on Friday
after labour unions called off a two-day-old general strike which had shut down most of the country’s major cities.

Hundreds of people fled a rural town in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State fearing reprisal attacks after a mob killed seven policemen, residents said on Monday.

A consortium of Nigerian lawyers opposed to the death penalty, are representing Safiya Husseini Tungar Tudu, the 30-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, in the northern state of Sokoto.

A Social Philanthropic and Advocacy group, Club Two-Twelve, (CTT), comprising of persons with disabilities, has restated its earlier call on the federal government to build "special schools" in the states for the education of disabled persons,stressing that government puts a stop to their treatment as second class citizens.

Protests from all the world keep streaming into Nigeria for the upholding of the death sentence by stoning against Safiya Hussaini, 35, a woman which is accused of adultery by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria. Today, the European Parliament joined the protests.

The Itumbauzo Centre for Mentally Ill Persons in Abia State has raised alarm over flagrant sexual abuse of mentally ill women in the society by supposedly responsible men.

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) reacted today with outrage at the arbitrary arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Adams Oshiomhole. In a letter to ILO Director General, Juan Somavia, the Brussels-based labour group strongly condemned the arrest of the labour leader, incarcerated while leading a nation-wide protest over a hike in petrol prices.

Abubakar Rimi, the President's Party Man, Tells Dickson Offre That the President Should Be Impeached for the Confusion Over the Doctoring of the Electoral Act.

Political dishonesty in Nigeria, especially under the Fourth Republic, is not news. What is probably new and disturbing is its deepening character and the attitude of acquiescence of the Nigerian people. As for judicial impropriety, it is news even though there have been occasional reports of corruption amongst the learned profession. It is news because of the increasing controversy over allegations of requests for bribe by court judges and refusal by the accused people to comply.

At least 36 Nigerians died in clashes between an ethic militia group, Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), and security forces in the southwest on Saturday, police told IRIN on Monday. Over 12 cars were also destroyed.

An eagerly awaited report by Nigeria's Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission has been delayed because the commission has run out of money, an official said Wednesday.

The Urhobo Historical Society site offers basic information about the Urhobo Peoples of Southern Nigeria. This site was designed and constructed by Peter P. Ekeh, Ph.D. of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and it includes general information regarding Urhobo history, economy, political systems, and religion. In addition, the site offers a glimpse of various Urhobo art forms - paintings, sculptures, literature, poetry, and music.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is currently investigating the Ondo State [southwestern Nigeria] government for alleged "financial recklessness and fraud", even as the governor, Chief Adebayo Adefarati says that the alleged 500m naira [4.2m dollars] financial scam against his administration is a fabrication by his enemies to discredit his administration.