Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday expected to formally declare his bid for re-election, in a widely anticipated announcement that has been trailed by his office for weeks. The event, in central Abuja, has been billed as “the mother … read more
Nigeria’s central bank has vowed to defend the naira, despite a drop in oil prices which has unnerved foreign investors and sent its stock and bond markets into a tailspin, Deputy Governor Sarah Alade told Reuters. Alade said the naira, … read more
Nigeria is a birdwatcher’s paradise, with sites of exquisite natural beauty. It is also a tourism hard-sell, and not only because of Ebola and Boko Haram. The country was recently declared free of the deadly virus, but Islamic violence remains a significant threat. … read more
Cybercriminals are now spending more time in devising targeted attacks on individuals to make significant financial gains instead of launching widespread automated attacks, says tech giant Google. Incidents of manual hijacking – where professional attackers spend considerable time exploiting a … read more
A suicide bomber disguised in school uniform detonated explosives at a high school assembly in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Monday, killing at least 48 students, according to survivors and a morgue attendant. Soldiers rushed to the scene, … read more
An epidemic of cholera broke out in Borno State in the northeast of Nigeria at the end of September. Already operating in this remote state that is difficult to get to and where the provision of healthcare is extremely limited, … read more
THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed it had recorded about 10 500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in five camps situated in Yola south and Fufore in the Adamawa State. The agency said more people were still pouring into Yola, … read more
A senior government official has warned that Nigeria’s northeastern region may soon fall entirely into the hands of Boko Haram militants unless urgent measures are taken. “With the effrontery of the insurgents, who seem to be capturing territories with ease, … read more
A suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in a procession of Shi’ite Muslims marking the ritual of Ashoura in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state on Monday, witnesses said. In a separate incident overnight in central Kogi state, gunmen using explosives … read more
At least 350 children have been reported missing during the fight between Nigerian troops and members of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents in Mubi town, Adamawa State. Residents displaced from Mubi, who are taking refuge in Yola, the state capital, … read more