Several female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the midst of fleeing residents in a northeast Nigerian village, continuing a series of attacks that have killed some 200 people in just three days, witnesses said Saturday. The latest attack took … read more
French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he is ready to organize a new summit of nations fighting Boko Haram, a militant group that has suffered defeats in recent months in its campaign to forge an Islamist state in northeastern … read more
The Leaders Caucus of the Akwa Ibom State in south-eastern Nigeria has rejected plans by the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) to site nuclear power plant in Itu Local Government Area of the state. The Community leaders, led by Senator … read more
Nigeria’s oil and gas sector is battling to acquire a skilled workforce due to inadequate training facilities at universities and reduced central government expenditure into developing these critical skills. Multinational corporations operating in Nigeria have identified this as a reason … read more
Kidnapping has for years been rife in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta; but, experts say the practice is now common across much of the country and kidnappers are becoming less discerning about their targets. It used to be that kidnappers would … read more
Eleven defecting members of the Boko Haram sect were slaughtered by the group in order to instill discipline among the members of the terror group, a member of the youth vigilante group, Abba Modu told our correspondent on phone in … read more
Suicide bombers killed at least 11 people in northeast Nigeria on Thursday night, bringing the death toll from attacks in Borno state since Tuesday to more than 150. In the deadliest week since the new government took office, a suicide … read more
Foreign investors, dismayed by Nigeria’s decision to delay devaluation of the naira which they see as long overdue, have begun to shun Nigeria’s bonds and equities market. Fund managers who spoke with Reuters believe that a devaluation to restore the … read more
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said Thursday it had returned 10,000 euros to a French man who thought he met a beautiful Nigerian woman online willing to move to France… only to find out it was a scam. The man, identified as … read more
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has explained that it recently shut a Lagos-based Lebanese firm over alleged fake products. According to NAFDAC Public Relations Officer (Enforcement Operations), Mr. Anslem Okonkwor, the warehouse in Lagos … read more