The regulators are slapping international companies with large fines, as the government looks for more revenue while pursuing President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption drive. The biggest penalty has been the $5.2 billion fine to MTN. Nigeria has indefinitely extended its Monday … read more
Nigeria’s army on Monday said it had foiled a planned Boko Haram attack on the northeastern city of Maiduguri using powerful assault rifles and home-made bombs. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said in a statement that “nine terrorists sneaked into … read more
A Nigerian has registered his displeasure over the attention social-media giant Facebook is giving France over the recent terrorist attacks at the expense of Nigeria and other African countries. Jafaar Jafaar in a post to the founder of Facebook, Mark … read more
Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria’s Port Harcourt International Airport was recently voted the worst in the world. The damning verdict came from a travel website, sleepinginairports.net, based … read more
Sachets of freshly packaged tomato paste roll off the conveyor belts at the Vital Products factory in Lagos 24 hours a day. But those belts will soon grind to a halt, according to factory owner Sanjeev Kapoor, who says a … read more
UNICEF says not less than 800 of about 1,400 child deaths Nigeria are caused by diarrhoea daily which could be attributed to poor sanitation and inadequate water. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief of Communication at … read more
At least 36 people have been killed in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state at a mosque and a residential building, police and medical sources said on Friday. Borno state is the birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency … read more
As an oil producing country outside the Gulf the country is taking issue with the strategy not to be proactive in an effort to boost prices. Nigeria’s Emir of Kano and outspoken former central bank governor of the country said … read more
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said the number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the Sept. 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, had risen to 168. More than 769 pilgrims from across the world were confirmed dead … read more
Women in Nigeria often turn from victims into abusers in this endemic and complex human trafficking crisis that leads all the way to Europe. The woman sitting before us in an interview room in Benin City’s anti-trafficking headquarters cuts a … read more