The heated debate over the incompetence or otherwise of the Nigeria Police Force will not subside anytime soon. At the weekend, three global think tanks confirmed the worst fears of Nigerians yet again with a report that rated the country’s … read more
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari and his administration have spent much of the last two and half years since he came to office championing the idea that for Africa’s largest economy to have any hope of making meaningful progress it needs … read more
Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been rated among the worst 20 airports. This is outcome of a survey by renowned aviation organization, Sleep in Airport (sleepinairports.net). The website ranked Lagos the fifth … read more
The six were abducted by an armed criminal gang in late October off the southeastern Nigerian coast. The circumstances of their release remains unclear. Pirates have released six crew members of a container ship they kidnapped in October off the … read more
Bobrisky, a gender-nonconforming Nigerian social media influencer and self-proclaimed “male Barbie,” was arrested earlier this week in Lagos, Okay Africa reports. Many local news outlets and blogs attributed the arrest to the fact that Bobrisky, born Idris Okuneye Olanrewaju, had just … read more
Emirates will be reinstating its second daily service to Lagos and resuming operations to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, with four weekly flights from December 15. Similar to the current daily service between Dubai and Lagos, the added frequencies to Lagos … read more
Concerns about safety and security are substantial in Nigeria. Here, crime is high and the police are considered corrupt and inefficient. The structure of law enforcement does not help. Police are run at the federal level despite long-standing calls for … read more
At least three soldiers were killed and six others injured in a weekend encounter with Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria, according to an army spokesman. Lt. Col. Samuel Kingsley of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army said in … read more
A British hostage kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed and three others freed, the Foreign Office (FCO) has confirmed. Ian Squire was one of four Britons taken by suspected militants on 13 October from the oil-rich Delta … read more
Boko Haram’s renewed campaign of suicide bombings in Far North Cameroon has bred suspicion that remains even as attacks have died down. Local communities are currently blocking 400 former Boko Haram hostages from returning home. Hundreds of former Boko Haram … read more