Hollywood plague movies are usually about a fictional viral outbreak, unleashing chaos and anarchy that can only be stopped by heroes who transcend the panic. That’s not true for “93 Days”, a Nollywood film premiering on Tuesday, which dramatises the … read more
Six U.S. citizens and a Nigerian national were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison for their roles in online fraud schemes that distributed more than $40 million in counterfeit checks using “mystery shopper” websites and work-from-home scams. The criminal enterprise was … read more
Five Nigerian male football referees have failed the FIFA Physical Fitness Test held at the main bowl of the National stadium Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match officials are among the 16 ungraded … read more
The Nigerian Navy ( NN ) on Saturday said that it raided illegal crude oil bunkers and arrested seven suspected oil thieves. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, in Abuja. “In … read more
Hit with a report of a third case of polio in northern Nigeria, leaders of the global eradication effort are asking themselves how they could have been so terribly wrong about the country. Like the other two cases detected last … read more
Uber’s booming business in Lagos, Nigeria, has hit a major speed bump. The local government has begun cracking down on Uber drivers, requiring them to pay huge sums to register for special taxi licenses. Drivers of the ride-hailing app in … read more
The police in Lagos State has foiled a kidnap-attempt and rescued an Indian national from suspected kidnappers in Ikorodu area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fatai Owoseni, confirmed this on Thursday to newsmen at … read more
Nigeria is on the brink of “a famine unlike any we have ever seen anywhere”, according to the United Nations. Nearly a quarter of a million children in Nigeria’s north east are severely malnourished, according to the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General … read more
A police sergeant identified as Solomon Oswmuze was reportedly killed by suspected militants yesterday in Lagos State. According to the Nation, the gunmen and the police were engaged in a fierce gun battle late yesterday afternoon at Monkey Village, behind … read more
Online remittance provider WorldRemit is calling for the urgent restoration of money transfers to Nigeria as draconian new rules leave virtually all money transfer operators (MTOs) unable to provide services to the West African country. Only three companies – Western … read more