Nigeria has become only the second country in Africa to get a hand from internet search giant Google in gettng small businesses online. Kenya launched the “Getting Kenya Businesses Online” (GKBO) two weeks ago. Yesterday, Google launched “Getting Nigerian Businesses … read more
A Nigerian newspaper run by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist stopped publication Sunday after 2½ years of muckracking and sometimes controversial coverage of Africa’s most populous nation, the publisher said. NEXT newspaper, printed in Lagos, did not appear on newsstands this … read more
Nigeria’s 51st independence anniversary will be low-keyed due to fears of possible bomb attacks by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for the spate of bombings in the country in recent times. Less than a week to … read more
Pirates are expanding their activities into West Africa, according to a United Nations report released Saturday. Previously, most pirate activity occurred around the Horn of Africa, and especially Somalia on the continent’s east coast. In particular, pirates now have taken … read more
About 16 illegal refineries have been discovered within Imo River Field of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Abia State, causing the company to shut down production of 25, 000 barrels of oil per day since August 28, 2011. The action … read more
Nigerian oil block sales appear to be heading for a messy conclusion, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the weekend said there was no going back on its decision to operate the fields put on offer by Shell. … read more
The police in Abia State Saturday arrested two suspects over the alleged gang rape of a girl said to be a student of Abia State University. The state Commissioner of Police, Bala Usman, who confirmed the arrests, said the suspects … read more
A nationwide shutdown, planned by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in collaboration with pro-democracy groups over a number of issues, including the planned removal of oil subsidy by the Federal Government, privatization and the rising cost of living, … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday, at the opening of Nigeria Investment Summit and Exhibition in New York, unveiled a new visa regime of single entry between five and 10 years against the current two maximum years. He said the new visa … read more
A fresh cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has killed at least six people, raising the overall toll in the country to more than over 200 in recent months, officials said Friday. The latest outbreak was recorded in the Kebbi state … read more