Just as Africa was due to celebrate two polio-free years, it has been announced that the virus has paralysed two children in Nigeria’s Borno state. The decline of polio in Africa is thanks to a huge public health effort. When … read more
Nigeria’s largest electricity companies will shut down power supplies unless the government pays longstanding bills it owes them and improves gas supplies, a joint statement said on Wednesday. In 2013, Nigeria — famous for blackouts — started selling parts of … read more
Protesters blocked the entrance to a Chevron oil facility in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta on Wednesday, demanding jobs and housing, a protest leader said. “Chevron has not fulfilled many of its promises,” said Collins Edema, a youth and protest leader … read more
South Africa’s economy has beaten that of Nigeria to become the continent’s largest in dollar terms. The ‘rainbow nation’ regains a title it lost more than two years to Africa’s most populous nation. The new estimates according to Bloomberg, were … read more
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Government will ensure effective implementation of anti-tobacco laws and policies in the country. Osinbajo made the promise at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while receiving leaders of anti-tobacco organisations in the country. He hinted that … read more
Nigeria’s central bank intervened on the interbank foreign exchange market on Tuesday to help support the naira after it hit an all-time low of 350 to the dollar in thin volume, traders said. The naira closed at 310.50 to the … read more
Although a thriving sex trafficking industry has been operating between Nigeria and Italy for over three decades, there has been a marked increase in the numbers of unaccompanied Nigerian women arriving in Italy on migrant boats from Libya • UN … read more
Two Chinese workers who were kidnapped in central Nigeria’s Nasarawa state have been rescued, the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria said. Zheng Jun, an official with the embassy, told Xinhua that the two Chinese were rescued Saturday night. Local police said … read more
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan claims that there is an ongoing plot to assassinate him by militants who according to him were seeking to end his life since since being the vice-president of Nigeria, Naij reports. In a statement released … read more
No fewer than 14 airlines have withdrawn their services from the country due to low patronage on account of the economic recession. The airlines, including Iberia, United Airlines and Air Gambia, are among the 50 that operated the Nigerian routes … read more