Like a recurring bad dream, one of the violence prone fault lines running across the country erupted again on Tuesday, sending residents of Bauchi running helter skelter and causing the death of some officers of the Nigerian security apparatus and … read more
Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year attacked a prison in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, officials said, sparking a fierce gun battle with authorities. Authorities in Bauchi said they repelled the attack, which followed a … read more
Nigerian authorities on Tuesday banned night time use of motorcycles in a northern state after a spate of killings by bike-riding gunmen suspected of being Islamist sect members. Motorcycles will be banned from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am in Borno, … read more
Nigeria will hold its presidential ballot on January 22, officials said Tuesday, leaving little time to prepare in Africa’s most populous nation, where elections have regularly been plagued by fraud. The electoral commission’s announcement of the date comes with President … read more
Four Nigerian former football officials have been arrested amid accusations that some $8m (£5m) went missing during the World Cup finals in South Africa. The four, who include former football federation head Sani Lulu Abdullahi, are due to appear in … read more
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed 781 lives from 3,000 reported cases, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. The minister made the statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, at a media briefing to intimate Nigerians on current … read more
Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have killed a retired police officer and wounded five other people, the latest of such attacks in Nigeria’s north, police said Monday. Motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire on the … read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday reiterated its warning to the Federal Government that there would be nationwide disruption if it goes ahead with the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products by December this year or latest, end of … read more
Lagos has, since September 1, joined a few other states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja in banning commercial motorcyclists (popularly called Okada) from operating at certain places So far, there has been a reduction in the rate of accidents … read more
The Nigerian naira weakened to 151.20 to the U.S. dollar on the interbank market on Monday from 150.90 at last week’s close after demand outstripped supply at the central bank’s forex auction, traders said. The central bank sold $250 million … read more