The Nigerian government spends a meagre N3.50k to feed an inmate in Nigerian prisons each day, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project has said. According to Leadership, Chino Obiagwu said that the current cost was increased by the new Comptroller-General … read more
Nigeria’s new president is immediately dissolving the board of the state oil company from which billions of dollars is missing. A statement Friday announced the move for the government agency in charge of nearly all aspects of the country’s 200 … read more
An Islamic court has sentenced nine people to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the head of Kano’s religious police, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, told … read more
The deaths caused by the consumption of local gin called ‘Ogogoro’ in Rivers State has increased to an alarming toll of seventy-one. This revelation was made when the Permanent Secretary of the Rivers state Ministry of Health, Somiari Isaac-Harry appeared … read more
Scores of police and soldiers patrolled Chad’s capital on Tuesday, a day after twin suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram jihadists killed 24 people and wounded more than 100. The areas around the presidential palace and police headquarters in N’Djamena … read more
Smartphone penetration in Nigeria continues to soar as consumers demand Internet access everywhere. According to recent research by Ericsson ConsumerLab, more than 95 percent of mobile broadband users in the country access mobile broadband on smartphones. According to the research, … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has launched an investigation to determine whether the government has been short-changed by a state oil company scheme to swap crude for refined products. The Nigerian government may be losing money through opaque contracts in which … read more
Despite growing pressure to address the tragedy of African migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, the African Union is unlikely to offer any home-grown solutions to the crisis, say analysts. Refugees will be discussed in a closed session at the first … read more
Dozens of people in southern Nigeria are dying of poisoning from possibly adulterated home-brewed alcohol, health officials said Friday, days after they banned the moonshine. Sixty-eight people have died since May 31, Dr. Simeon Ibufubara Manuel of Rivers State Health … read more
A teenage girl threatened with the death penalty for murdering her 35-year-old husband in Nigeria, faces an uncertain future after being released from prison. 15 year-old Wasila Tasi’u was accused of killing Umar Sani and three other men with rat … read more