At a factory in southeast Nigeria, dozens of new white buses stand at the end of the production line, apparently ready to take on some of Africa’s toughest roads. Unfortunately for Nigeria’s main domestic vehicle assembly firm they are going … read more
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria, his first to sub-Saharan Africa, has put the country’s tech businesses firmly in the world’s spotlight. Zuckerberg staged a surprise visit to the country’s economic capital Lagos on Tuesday and his first stop … read more
A militant group said on Tuesday it attacked a pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Nigeria’s state oil company in the country’s southern Delta region, just a day after the most prolific rebel group in the restive energy hub said … read more
A Muslim advocacy group has slammed the alleged maltreatment of hijab-wearing female nurses at government hospitals in southwest Nigeria. Muslim nurses, especially those who work at a psychiatric clinic in southwestern Abeokuta town, are reportedly being barred from their wards … read more
Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, has officially entered a recession following two consecutive quarters of contraction in the nation. GDP shrank by 2.06% in the second quarter of 2016, following on from a 0.36% shrinking in the first quarter of the … read more
hildren who escaped Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency now are dying of starvation in refugee camps in northeastern Nigeria’s largest city as the government investigates the theft of food aid by officials. Refugees have staged near-daily protests over the past week. … read more
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg met with entrepreneurs and software developers in Nigeria during his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Zuckerberg is “learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria,” Africa’s most populous country, he said Tuesday in a … read more
Ridding the world of polio is going to take a little longer than originally hoped, writes Stratfor, the Texas-based global intelligence company. On 11 August, the World Health Organisation confirmed at least two new cases of children who have been … read more
Bono and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, visited a camp of 2.3 million displaced people in Borno State, in Nigeria’s northeast region over the weekend. The governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, accompanied Dangote and the Irish rock star on … read more
Authorities at the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development yesterday confirmed the discovery of world class nickel in Kaduna State, by an Australian mining syndicate. Top officials at the ministry, who confirmed the development in separate telephone chats with LEADERSHIP, on … read more