More than 10 years after shunning the Murtala Muhammed Airport II (MMA2), Lagos, the management of Arik Air on Sunday announced the movement of its Port Harcourt Airport operations to the private terminal. The airline said on Sunday that all … read more
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an increase in excise duties on tobacco and alcoholic beverages, the finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The west African country, which has Africa’s biggest economy, fell into recession in 2016 largely … read more
An agency tasked with cleaning up Nigeria’s murky oil industry says even though financial accountability has improved the state oil company still hasn’t explained billions of dollars of missing revenue. While energy producers have cooperated and complied with requirements to … read more
Nigeria’s immigration service launched an investigation after two staff members were arrested on suspicion of trying to traffic girls out of the country. Thousands of girls are each year taken illegally out of Africa’s most populous country, where 70% of … read more
Facebook will be helping Nigeria with its upcoming 2019 presidential elections. This comes after a team from Facebook, led by Ebele Okobi (Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Afrika) visited and met with Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore … read more
Ten people were killed and dozens of others maimed following an attack by gunmen in Nigeria’s central state of Plateau, local officials said on Saturday. A mass burial was held for victims on Friday, a few hours after some unknown … read more
A Nigerian plane made an emergency landing in Ghana after smoke was detected in the cabin, officials said Friday, in the latest incident to hit domestic and foreign airline operators. The aircraft, owned by Arik Air, was travelling from Lagos … read more
To keep its prisons free of Nigerians, the United Kingdom is paying to improve the capacity of Nigerian prisons. The UK will pay up to £700,000 ($967,954) to build a new 112-bed wing at Kirikiri maximum security prisons, one of … read more
Nigeria Customs earlier this month arrested man who attempted to travel with $375,000 cash to the United Arab Emirates. They have since handed the suspect over to the anti-graft body. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday confirmed … read more
Nigeria’s lower house of parliament passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at helping authorities to tackle money laundering and funding for terrorism. Following international pressure, the law makes the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit an independent body that can share information … read more