Illegal gold mining has left at least 2,000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said on Friday. The 2,000 children under five have shown signs of lead … read more
Hackers have hit the website of Nigeria’s top anti-corruption agency over a government official suggesting tighter Internet control in Africa’s most populous nation. A group of hackers calling themselves NaijaCyberHacktivists claimed the attack Friday on the Economic and Financial Crimes … read more
An airforce jet on a routine test-flight in Nigeria’s Niger delta region crashed yesterday as it was attempting a landing.The jet was short just a few meters of the landing strip when the accident occurred. Sources told Saharareporters that the … read more
An expert on malaria said on Friday that Nigerians were the largest exporters of the illness in view of the mobile nature of the citizens. Luis Benavente, director, Improving Malaria Diagnostics, a United States Agency for International Development-supported organisation, said … read more
Nigerian regulators have threatened to fine and stop three telecommunications companies from signing up new cellular phone subscribers over complaints about poor service in a nation reliant on mobile calls, officials said Thursday. Bharti Airtel Ltd. of India, local firm … read more
Shell Nigeria has almost sold off its entire stakes in 10 acreages in the country since 2008. The first two sold were the company’s non-operated interests in the country’s extensive deepwater terrain. The remaining eight acreages – located on land … read more
Lagos State government recently put the number of its population living with mental illness at 2 million. The state’s commissioner of health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a media briefing to mark this year’s World Mental Health Day that an … read more
Nigeria has called for end to the importation of illicit, small and light weapons into West Africa by “corporate warlords” from developed nations, which fuel unrest. Lawrence Olefumi Obisakin, a senior director in Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told a … read more
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that thousands of residents of Eket metropolis thronged the police station to catch a glimpse of the remains of the suspects displayed in the premises. When a NAN correspondent visited the Police division, … read more
Residents cook in knee-deep flood water and children wade past carrying roosters above their shoulders in this city on the outskirts of Lagos, where the rising tide poses a health risk by overwhelming sewage-filled outdoor toilets. In Ikorodu in southwestern … read more