Nigeria accounts for more than a quarter of all new Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) infections among children globally and only half of pregnant women living with the virus are tested for the disease. A new report by the Joint United … read more
On the teeming streets of Lagos, the Nigerian mega-city of 15 million people, the once omnipresent money-changers are going underground. They’ve become the latest target of authorities desperate to bolster the naira and crush a black market for foreign currency … read more
Nigeria has been named the third nation with the poorest people in the world, according to an annual global wealth report compiled by the Swiss bank, Credit Suisse. The nation came third with 35 million Nigerians classified among the poorest … read more
Nigerians based in the United States of America, under the auspices of Nigerian Union Diaspora (NUD), have congratulated the country’s President-elect. Mr. Donald Trump, on his electoral victory and urged him to run an equitable government. The NUD’s congratulatory message was … read more
Gunmen have killed four guards at a facility operated by the Nigerian subsidary of Italian group Eni, local and security officials said on Wednesday. Four members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), a paramilitary agency of the … read more
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board has seized 31 cows and 53 sheep and their owners were charged to court for illegal grazing in the Federal Capital Territory. The owners were fined various amounts of money by the environmental sanitation mobile … read more
At this point it’s really no secret that Nigeria is constantly painted in a bad light by the media – just a few months ago, the US declared well over half of our states completely unsafe for travel. Well, Devesh … read more
A Supreme Court judge in Nigeria has been charged in court in the capital Abuja with corruption and money-laundering. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who was allegedly found with several passports, pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of fraud. He appeared along … read more
Two stories which occupied the headlines the past week pathetically illustrate not only the moral morass into which the nation has sunk, but also how bestial and uncaring we have become towards one another at different levels in our society. … read more
The event is scheduled to hold at the new exquisite Renaissance hotel located at Isaac John G.R.A Ikeja, Lagos. Illbliss to thrill guests as Lagos swings to the mainland for a weekly musical discovery called Discovery Nite at the new … read more