Nigerians are now paying more money than Americans in real terms for petrol and diesel, bye-products of the crude oil for which Nigeria is Africa’s leading producer. As oil prices tumbled close to $50 after the New Year, US consumers … read more
The military has strongly rejected a report by New York Times that it failed to act on Pentagon’s “actionable intelligence” from drone flights on information that might have indicated the location of some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, saying some … read more
A blast from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sunday claimed two lives in Dahlehi Community in the Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State in north-eastern Nigeria.The Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Mohammed Jibrilla, who confirmed the development … read more
Nigeria’s major opposition party the All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced it would be issuing mobile phones to its agents that would be deployed to 1130 polling stations in Ogun state’s senatorial districts in the forthcoming general elections. Dapo Abiodun, … read more
Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overpowered a multinational military force and seized its key base on Nigeria’s border with Chad, according to residents who took to canoes to escape. Scores of soldiers and civilians were killed, while others drowned in … read more
Several senior political, military and business figures in Niger went on trial Friday on charges of taking part in the trafficking of babies from neighbouring Nigeria. The most prominent defendant, opposition leader and former parliament speaker Hama Amadou, was absent … read more
Suen Oke traveled 5,730 miles from Nigeria to Clay County, USA, to say “thank you” that she no longer has to crawl or be carried. The 26-year-old woman lives in a village in south central Nigeria. She came to Penney … read more
Islamist terror group Boko Haram now controls about twenty percent of Nigeria, The New York Times reported this week. The land grab amounts to over 70,000 square miles of territory, which is between about two and six times the square … read more
It was the event that would change everything: On April 14, 2014 the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped almost 300 schoolgirls from the small town of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria. Suddenly the entire world was looking at a region that … read more
Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in April said they were appealing directly to the United Nations for help after losing hope that the Nigerian government would rescue them. A group lobbying for government action on behalf … read more