On Saturday, Africa’s most populous and oil-rich country will go to the polls. The election looks to be the tightest in the 16 years since military rule ended in Nigeria – and it appears likely that the contest between President … read more
Nigeria’s government denied there had been an abduction of hundreds of people in the northeast town of Damasak after its recapture from Islamist jihadist group Boko Haram, the national information centre said on Thursday. Damasak residents said earlier this week … read more
More than 1,000 people have been killed in violence related to the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s northeastern region since the beginning of this year, a global rights watchdog said Thursday. “Attacks by the Islamist armed group Boko Haram killed … read more
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday attempted to clear the air, yet again, on the involvement of foreigners in the ongoing war against insurgency, saying they were not mercenaries. Hundreds of foreign mercenaries had allegedly been brought into the country to … read more
A 72-year-old former military dictator has to come off as hip if he is going to win the presidency in a country where most people aren’t old enough to vote. So the campaign of retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari spends time … read more
There are indications that the number of passengers travelling out of the country through the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos has increased tremendously since the beginning of election week. A source at the gateway airport, who … read more
The outcome of Saturday’s Nigerian presidential election is uncertain, in contrast to previous years when the incumbent leader was seen as unbeatable. It has been a closely-fought race between President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Muhammadu … read more
Nigeria’s military has detained two journalists working for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera. The two reporters are being monitored for moving around in areas where the Boko Haram is active. Al Jazeera journalists Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa were detained in … read more
Oil is so cheap these days that for people around here, it isn’t even worth stealing anymore. Just months ago, villagers regularly took hacksaws to pipelines, transforming their homeland of rivulets winding through bayou forests into a calamity for global … read more
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Suleiman Abba, on Tuesday ordered a nationwide restriction on the movement of vehicles on the 28th of March and the 11th April as part of what was described as efforts to ensure adequate security … read more