The Nigerian Women’s 4×400 relay team will not compete in the 2016 Rio Games, after an athlete who tested positive for a banned substance was disqualified by the International Association of Athletics Federation. A spokesman confirmed to CNN that Cuba … read more
The Nigerian Turkish International Colleges have described the call by the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, for the closure of 17 ‘Turkish’ schools in Nigeria as “a spurious request.” In a statement issued on the school’s website Friday, the … read more
Northest Nigeria is “close” to famine with hundreds of thousands trapped without help, and must be declared a “top emergency” by the UN, said Medical charity Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday. The charity known by its French acronym MSF said … read more
The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Thursday, July 28, The Guardian reports. … read more
Turkey’s government has asked Nigeria to close down 17 Turkish schools in the West African country that it says are linked to Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric that Ankara blames for the recent failed coup. Members of the Gulen Movement, … read more
The Nigerian naira tumbled to a fresh record low on Monday, taking its losses against the dollar to 55 per cent during the past month and sharpening the pressure on policymakers in Africa’s largest economy to raise interest rates. Nigeria’s … read more
Oil militants say they have blown up a gas pipeline in Nigeria’s southeastern Akwa Ibom state, but police blamed the explosion on a technical failure. The state-owned pipeline carries gas used to generate electricity for industries including Nigeria’s only aluminum … read more
In the wake of international and local investigations and court cases, leaked information reveals the fall from grace of one of Nigeria’s corrupt and super-wealthy oil executives. In September 2015, Beyoncé and her husband, Jay Z, paid a reported $900,000 … read more
A militant group Adaka Boro Avengers have asked non citizens of the South-east and South-south region to leave the region. The group also warned warned south east and south south people to return back to the region as a date … read more
Nigeria has a reputation as sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest tomato producer. The Dede tomato market in the capital Abuja is usually bustling with customers stocking up on the bright fruit, which plays a starring role in Nigerian cuisine. But these days, … read more