The Nigerian anti-corruption unit discovered more than $43 million in US dollars at an upscale apartment in Lagos. The anti-graft agency said in a statement it raided the apartment Tuesday after a tipoff about a “haggard” woman in “dirty clothes” … read more
Nigeria is marking three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled. Activists are expected to rally in the capital, Abuja, and … read more
They were woken by shouts. As uniformed officers flooded into Otodo Gbamé at 5.30am on Sunday, April 9, residents fled, piling their families and some belongings into canoes and pushing out from their waterside town. They drifted in the water … read more
A road safety commander in Nigeria has been suspended after cutting the hair of female traffic officers as punishment for violating the unit’s dress code. Andrew Kumapayi, the commander of the Rivers State Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), was stood … read more
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what Amnesty International described on Tuesday as a “massive and worrying spike”. In its annual global report on the death penalty, the … read more
Health officials say Nigeria’s meningitis outbreak has killed at least 489 people as of Monday. Health Minister Isaac Adewole says 4,637 meningitis cases have been confirmed. The federal government has kicked off a nationwide vaccination campaign for millions of people, … read more
Nigerian security officials say they have thwarted plans by Islamic State group-linked Boko Haram members to attack the embassies of the United States and Britain. A statement Wednesday by the Department of State Services says that late last month it … read more
Two Turkish construction workers were abducted from their hotel rooms in Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state on Sunday, according to a police spokesman Tuesday. Police officer Chukwu Okechukwu told the country’s official news agency, NAN, the workers were abducted from … read more
The Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell has admitted it had dealings with a convicted money launderer to gain access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. The company had earlier denied knowing the money it paid (together with Italian oil firm ENI) … read more
Corruption watchdogs alleged Monday that Shell executives knew that money earmarked for a controversial oil deal was being used to bribe senior Nigerian officials, a claim rebuffed by the petroleum giant. The allegations by Global Witness and Finance Uncovered refer … read more