The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has banned ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie in Nigerian cinemas. NFVCB ordered the removal of the highly anticipated movie from the list of movies showing at cinemas. The movie, which showed in … read more
Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters, fleeing the heavy air bombardments from Nigerian Air Force fighter jets, have drowned in Lake Chad. This reportedly happened during the air strikes heralding the advance of Nigerian troops on mission to flush them out … read more
Millions of Nigerians are ready to pin their hopes of defeating the Islamist group Boko Haram on a 72-year-old ex-military dictator with a checkered human-rights record. Retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is standing against President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s general election, … read more
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram on Saturday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states. “We have secured Baga. … read more
The Nigerian military has stated that it is currently carrying out an air raid on the notorious Sambisa forest and Gwoza, both in Borno state. Speaking on the recent airstrikes on the dreaded Sambisa forest, the director of defence information, … read more
IS has attracted thousands of foreign fighters over the past year – many of them from the West – while Boko Haram is struggling to do so. As Stephen Calabria writes, experts see numerous reasons for the disparity. The Associated … read more
There is fury over plans to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland 20 years after Shell was sent packing Drilling crude oil again in Ogoniland is tempting to crude oil prospecting companies after the Anglo/Dutch Shell Petroleum Development Oil Company, SPDC, … read more
Nigeria’s central bank scrapped its bi-weekly currency auctions on Wednesday and a market body said it would sell dollars only at 198 naira, a move that amounts to a de facto devaluation of the currency of Africa’s biggest economy. With … read more
An explosion and gunshots sent crowds running at an election rally in southern Nigeria’s Rivers state on Tuesday, in the latest unrest before polls next month. According to local sources at least 11 people have been killed . An explosion … read more
It had been two days since Nigeria’s presidential election was postponed at the behest of the military, and Idayat Hassan’s phone was ringing nonstop. “It’s like a coup against democracy,” said the director of the Center for Democracy and Development … read more