As an oil producing country outside the Gulf the country is taking issue with the strategy not to be proactive in an effort to boost prices. Nigeria’s Emir of Kano and outspoken former central bank governor of the country said … read more
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said the number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the Sept. 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, had risen to 168. More than 769 pilgrims from across the world were confirmed dead … read more
CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on how the polio eradication effort was an important tool in fighting the outbreak One of the scariest moments of last year’s Ebola outbreak for Susan Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill and … read more
Women in Nigeria often turn from victims into abusers in this endemic and complex human trafficking crisis that leads all the way to Europe. The woman sitting before us in an interview room in Benin City’s anti-trafficking headquarters cuts a … read more
Human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International has had a rocky relationship with recent Nigerian governments, particularly with former president Goodluck Jonathan’s regime which struggled to maintain control in the battle with Islamic insurgent group Boko Haram. So far this year … read more
Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, former Bayelsa State governor, is dead. He died today in Port Harcourt, of cardiac arrest, according to reports. He was aged 62. He was born 16 November, 1952. The former governor, who was jailed two years … read more
Cicero, perhaps the greatest of all Romans, fought tirelessly for democracy, ending up being assassinated by the new dictators. But right to the end, the man whose philosophy provided the foundation for the US Constitution, kept teaching us to fight … read more
Boko Haram claimed responsibility Sunday for suicide bombings on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The deadly attacks Friday night killed at least 18 people and wounded 41 others in the suburbs of Kuje and Nyanya, AFP news agency reported. … read more
There would normally be an outcry if a country’s president called his compatriots unruly. But not in Nigeria, where many people agree that Muhammadu Buhari made a fair point. Last week Buhari, a straight-backed, straight-laced former army general, called for … read more
Nearly half a dozen suspects, including the former Minister of Petroleum Resources of Nigeria, were swept up by UK authorities in a crackdown on corruption coordinated with Nigerian President Muhammed Buhari. According to multiple media accounts, Britain’s National Crime Agency … read more