Former Chairman of Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Senator Hassan Barata, is in detention in Saudi Arabia, The Nation says. Barata represented Adamawa South in the sixth Senate, having been elected in 2011 on the ticket of the Peoples … read more
A bomb blast hit a Nigerian internally displaced persons (IDP)camp on Friday morning on the outskirts of Adamawa state capital Yola in the northeast of the country, a spokesman for the government emergency agency said. The blast is the first … read more
Nigeria’s military has banned the use of horses in the northeastern state of Borno to stop deadly raids by Boko Haram gunmen, a regional military spokesman said today. Militants on horseback have in recent weeks attacked remote communities in the … read more
Intelligence reports have revealed at least half of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria last year are still alive but being held in secret locations, according to a Nigerian news site. This Day Live says it has been informed by an … read more
Nigeria’s military said on Tuesday it had made a number of arrests after intercepting a vehicle allegedly carrying fuel and drugs for Boko Haram Islamists waging a six-year-old insurgency in the northeast. “Following, directives to troops in the northeast for … read more
The number of illiterate Nigerians is estimated at 54 million, out of the estimated population of 180 million people, the federal government revealed on Tuesday. The Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Hindatu Abdullahi, presented the figures at the … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is considering closing some embassies abroad, his office said on Tuesday, as public finances have been hit hard by a slump in vital oil revenues. A committee will review all Nigerian embassies to determine those that are … read more
Nigeria’s immigration agency says it blocked 24,000 citizens from leaving the country due to suspicion they may become involved in terrorism or prostitution. The holds occurred during the 15 months leading up to March. The agency said several Nigerians attempting … read more
Ford Motor Company will start assembling its best-selling Ford Ranger pickup truck in Nigeria by the fourth quarter, as it expands in Africa and the Middle East, the US automaker said on Tuesday. The Nigerian assembly plant, in partnership with … read more
A bomb blast killed at least 24 people in northeastern Nigeria and hundreds of fighters invaded a town across the border in Cameroon in attacks Tuesday that witnesses and officials blame on Boko Haram Islamic extremists. These are the latest … read more