NIGERIA is sliding dangerously towards violence before, during and after the February 2015 elections, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. In a major 48-page report titled Nigeria’s Dangerous 2015 Elections: Limiting the Violence, published Friday, the Brussels-based global conflict … read more
The World Health Organisation said today that 5,459 people had so far died of Ebola out of a total 15,351 cases of infection in eight countries since late December 2013. The earlier WHO toll on Wednesday gave a death toll … read more
Northeastern Nigeria’s emergency rule imposed 18 months ago has fallen under heavy criticism as Boko Haram continues to terrorize and kill civilians. Lawmakers have rejected the extension of the emergency measures. The news that members of the lower house of … read more
Nigeria plans to cut subsidies on petroleum products by half next year after sharp falls in global crude prices, spurred the government to revise its 2015 budget downwards, data from the revised budget seen by Reuters showed on Friday. President … read more
Royal Dutch Shell says it has raised $600 million from the sale of its interest in an oil field in Nigeria as part of its ongoing two-year disposal programme.According to a statement by the company on Thursday, its Nigerian subsidiary, … read more
Nigeria will have to adjust to oil prices heading lower for some time to come, Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Thursday in an interview in which she also cut the outlook for economic growth next year. Africa’s largest economy … read more
Nigerian naira ended to a record low on the interbank market on Friday ahead of the country’s central bank meeting to review interest rates in Africa’s biggest oil producer.The local unit closed at 176 naira against the dollar, declining by … read more
Members of the armed terrorist group Boko Haram have killed at least 45 people in a village near Mafa city in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, media reported citing municipal sources and witnesses. The radicals attacked Azaya Kura Wednesday, … read more
China and Nigeria signed an official construction contract early Thursday, Beijing time, to build a railway along the African country’s coast, China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (CRCC) said. The 11.97 billion US dollar contract is China’s single largest overseas contract … read more
Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants are intensifying attacks in neighbouring Cameroon, targeting new villages with increasingly sophisticated weapons. Now the country’s army fears more violence in the approaching dry season. “We’re convinced that the establishment of a ‘caliphate’ (by Boko Haram) … read more