Nigeria’s military says pirates hijacked a military gunboat and three soldiers are missing after the ambush in the southern oil-rich state of Bayelsa. Spokesman Col. Mustapha Anka says a team on patrol was ambushed Sunday on the Santa Barbara River, … read more
Two bomb attacks at a bus station and a market in north Nigeria on Monday killed at least 27 people and wounded around 60, officials said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack. Boko Haram insurgents have repeatedly set … read more
A packed Nigerian court heard testimony on Monday that a 14-year-old girl admitted to killing her 35-year-old husband with rat poison, and signed a police confession with a thumbprint because she cannot write. Wasila Tasi’u, from a poor and deeply … read more
Workers in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector suspended their strike action yesterday after meeting with representatives of the federal government and multinational oil companies on Thursday night till wee hours of Friday. The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas … read more
The Nigerian government has decided to privatise eight sectors including railways, inland waterways, roads and ports by 2015 Officials from the government revealed that eight sectors had been shortlisted for privatisation such as railways, inland waterways, road authority, roads funds, … read more
Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria are turning their guns on elderly people, killing more than 50 this week in a new tactic that has instilled more fear in areas the militants call an Islamic caliphate. Residents from five villages say … read more
Thousands of members of Nigeria’s home-grown Islamic extremist Boko Haram group strike across the border in Cameroon, with coordinated attacks on border towns, a troop convoy and a major barracks. Further north, Boko Haram employs recruits from Chad to enforce … read more
Nigeria, the acclaimed giant of Africa, has been ranked as one of the world’s least prosperous countries in 2014. The country was also named one of Africa’s poorest nations beaten by smaller countries like Niger, Benin, Mali and Cameroun, an … read more
The 20% fall in the Nigerian naira since September has not been as precipitous as the rouble’s total collapse, but the currency’s weakness is both an indicator of the West African country’s economic shortcomings, and a warning of things to … read more
A year after vowing to banish buccaneers from their waters, countries in the Gulf of Guinea — the new epicentre of piracy in Africa — are struggling to get their act together. The coastal area extending from Senegal to Angola … read more