It was a massive oil spill in 2011 off the Nigerian coast. Now after assessing environmental damage from the disaster at Shell’s offshore Bonga field, the country’s National Assembly wants to fine the energy giant $3.96 billion – that is … read more
Nigerian prosecutors have opened their case against a 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband, with testimony from a child allegedly sent to buy the murder weapon: rat poison. Wasila Tasi’u, from a poor, rural family in the mainly … read more
Nigeria’s naira touched a record low against the dollar on Wednesday, a day after the central bank devalued the currency, and it was trading lower than the bank’s target band even after rebounding. Nigeria’s central bank devalued the naira by … read more
The teenage girls entered the busy marketplace separately Tuesday, their vests of explosives hidden beneath their full hijabs. The first detonated her bomb, killing three women. As rescuers rushed in, the second girl screamed and set off her explosives, killing … read more
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned Nigerians involved in the smuggling frozen chicken to desist from doing so as it could bring back the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. The warning was contained in a statement issued … read more
Nigeria’s top Islamic leader on Monday accused the military of fleeing when Boko Haram attacks and terrorising civilians, in the harshest ever criticism from the key cleric, as violence persisted in the northeast. A statement from the country’s top Muslim … read more
Want to know where all the health centers are in Apa, Nigeria? There’s a map for that. In fact, the same map has data on water points and schools for that village and more than 700 Local Government Authorities across … read more
There are just three countries in the world where polio is still endemic: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Now, experts think it’s feasible for Nigeria to wipe out wild poliovirus within its borders this year, even as the country stays on … read more
Boko Haram militants killed scores of residents of the Damasak town in Borno State on Monday, in a third major attack in the region in a week. The gunmen stormed into the Nigeria-Niger border town early on Monday and set … read more
Foreign investors fleeing Nigeria as oil prices plunge are leaving stocks undervalued in Africa’s biggest economy, the bourse’s chief executive said. The benchmark indexâs 18 percent decline so far this year isn’t justified by economic changes and as a result … read more