FEARING that the current killings of Southern Christians by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in northern states could lead to reprisal attacks in the Southern states, hundreds of Northerners, especially Muslims living in Enugu and other parts of the South … read more
Three people were killed and several more injured after several million Nigerians took to the streets Monday, protesting the government’s decision to scrap fuel subsidies earlier this month, Nigerian television reported. Among the dead are two children who were killed … read more
Nigeria’s main gateway Murtala Mohammed International Airport was partially opened for flight operations Monday, the first day of the indefinite strike called to protest high fuel prices in Africa’s most populous nation. Most international airlines, including Middle East Airlines, EgyptAir … read more
The Nigerian authorities on Monday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the northern city of Kano, the second time in days after doing so in a string of towns in the Muslim-dominated north following a deadly church attack. The latest curfew, … read more
The Nigerian state of Adamawa has imposed a 24-hour curfew in response to a spate of deadly attacks on Christians by suspected Islamists. Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told reporters Saturday that Christians have the right … read more
NIGERIA contains the largest concentration of Africans on the planet – about 160 million. It is also rich: it produces more than two million barrels of oil a day. So it ought to be able to feed its people well … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan pleaded with Nigerians Saturday to support the removal of fuel subsidies and pledged to cut government salaries, in an effort to prevent a nationwide strike planned for Monday. Nigeria’s fuel regulator announced on January 1 the end … read more
Like many other Christian outposts in the spiritual homeland of Nigeria’s “Taliban”, the Victory Baptist Church in the northern desert city of Maiduguri no longer just relies on God for protection. A modest whitewashed spire in a skyline dominated by … read more
THE National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) on Sunday warned President Goodluck Jonathan that the aviation labour union may shut down the nation’s airspace if the government fails to yield to the demands of the Nigerian masses. Such … read more
Main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday expressed its support for the country’s labour unions, ahead of Monday’s start of an indefinite, nation-wide strike to protest high petrol prices occasioned by the government’s removal of state subsidy. … read more