The 20% fall in the Nigerian naira since September has not been as precipitous as the rouble’s total collapse, but the currency’s weakness is both an indicator of the West African country’s economic shortcomings, and a warning of things to … read more
A year after vowing to banish buccaneers from their waters, countries in the Gulf of Guinea — the new epicentre of piracy in Africa — are struggling to get their act together. The coastal area extending from Senegal to Angola … read more
A new app focusing on Nigeria’s heritage has been launched by the School of Media and Communication of the Pan-Atlantic University. The app called the Centenary Project mobile app is powered by the Google Cultural Institute. The Centenary Project is … read more
A Nigerian court martial has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamist militants. The soldiers, who were found guilty of mutiny, were accused of refusing to help recapture three towns that had been seized by … read more
Comfort Ayuba, who is eighteen years old and has an open, eager face, remembers seeing a group of Boko Haram militants realize, one day this past April, that there was not enough space in their trucks for all the girls … read more
Nigeria is suffering from a plummeting currency, steep budget cuts, corruption scandals and diving oil prices; yet all this is unlikely to decide a tight race for the presidency. In many other democracies, such turmoil would probably propel the incumbent … read more
Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) are commencing a nationwide strike today to protest the failure of the government to carry … read more
With a military escort instead of the usual pomp, the emir of Mubi was reinstalled Friday in his palace, where until recently the black-and-white flag of Nigeria’s Islamic extremists, Boko Haram, had flown. An army tank guarded Mubi’s town gate, … read more
A 13-year-old girl has been arrested by the Kano state police, after she was caught with a suicide vest packed with explosives. The girl was reportedly arrested hours after an attack by two female suicide bombers on Thursday at the … read more
A former Niger Delta militant, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has bought seven decommissioned Norwegian battleships, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Reports by a Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, said that the fast-speed Hauk-class guided missile boats had been re-armed with new weaponry. … read more