Fire on Thursday engulfed the second floor of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal but was quickly put off before a major damage was done. THISDAY gathered that the fire started in the commercial department of the Federal Airports … read more
Nigeria pledged on Thursday to send a contingent of 600 volunteers to help fight the worst ever outbreak of Ebola on record which has killed nearly 5 000 people in West Africa. With financial pledges flowing in from around the … read more
Up to 60 women have reportedly been kidnapped in Nigeria’s Adamawa State in the restive northeastern region, with locals fingering Boko Haram militants. “Just as people were celebrating the so-called cease-fire with the militants, gunmen we suspected to be Boko … read more
Days after Nigeria’s military raised hopes with the announcement that Islamic extremists had agreed to a cease-fire, Boko Haram is still fighting and there is no word on the fate of the 219 schoolgirls held hostage for six months. Officials … read more
A bomb has exploded at a bus station in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least five people and wounding 12 others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast late Wednesday in Azare. The town, in Bauchi state, has … read more
The trial of Chidi Adabanya, a former employee of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), who, along with some officials of the Bayelsa State Government, allegedly obtained the sum of N1.9 billion from the oil company through a phony consultancy contract … read more
Despite its current status as Africa’s biggest economy and the 26th globally, Nigeria is one of the worst locations on earth to start a business, a new report has said. A new 2014 Africa survey report, conducted Johannesburg-based Good Governance … read more
There was still no news on when the bodies of more than 80 South Africans killed in a building collapse in Nigeria will come home, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. “We still don’t know. Even as we speak now … read more
A young woman found wandering in northeast Nigeria who police said was one of more than 200 missing schoolgirls was actually abducted four months earlier, a source said Monday. National police had said that they believed the woman, who was … read more
Ebola, the word that has come to signify death worldwide, was a health issue during this year’s Haj because of the presence of some thousands of African pilgrims from Nigeria, where the disease surfaced some months ago. However, the Saudi … read more