Nearly 200 refugees, who fled Boko Haram attacks, have died of starvation and dehydration in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bama in the past month, Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday. The refugees “speak of children dying of hunger and … read more
Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of whom are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday. There was some … read more
A single source report says: 1 American 2 south African expats. 2 Nigerian supervisors 1 Nigerian driver kidnapped in calabar Unicem area today 1 driver killed. We will publish more as we get it. read more
Nigeria’s naira weakened against the dollar for a second day on Tuesday after the central bank removed its currency peg in an effort to alleviate chronic foreign currency shortages choking growth. The naira traded 1.1 percent weaker at 285 to … read more
Nigerian officials on Tuesday said the government has clinched a deal for a 30-day truce with Niger Delta militants, though a Twitter account for the most prominent armed group later denied it had agreed to stop attacking oil facilities. The … read more
A section of the Lagos Airport Hotel on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, was gutted by fire on Monday, destroying no fewer than three halls, two rooms and other valuables worth millions of naira. It was learnt that the inferno resulted … read more
The Kano State Police, also known as Hisbah, have arrested scores of people for failure to fast and ensuring compliance with the rules of Ramadan, the third pillar of Islam. Ramadan is a special month of the year for the … read more
Nigeria’s naira slumped 30 percent against the dollar on Monday after the central bank removed its currency peg in an effort to alleviate the chronic foreign currency shortages choking growth in Africa’s biggest economy. The central bank sold $530 million … read more
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, (PHED) has notified electricity consumers in Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States that the National Power Grid has collapsed, PM news reports. The Head of Corporate Communications of the Port Harcourt Electricity … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has assured that the outcome of probe of Nigerians indicted in documents leaked by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, also known as Panama Papers, will soon be made public. EFCC Chairman, Mr. … read more