A 17-year-old girl, Blessing John, has sold her two-week-old baby girl for 20,000 naira (US$128) because she could not cater for her, Nigeria’s local Leadership newspaper reported Sunday. The paper quoted police spokesman in northern Niger State, Mr. Richard Oguche, … read more
Gunmen pretending to be mourners have shot dead a bereaved former local council chair in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s northern Borno state, the local press reported Sunday. The report said two men, who joined sympathizers in condoling Lawal Kabu, former … read more
The man widely acclaimed to be the spokesman for Nigeria’s Islamic sect Boko Haram, Abul Qaga, has denied reports by the State Security Service (SSS) that he was arrested on Wednesday. However, the man who said he was Qaga, in … read more
The federal government spent N4.8 billion in 2011 to pay school fees of Nigerian diplomats’ children; this emerged as ministries, departments and parastatals faced lawmakers to defend their annual budget. The House of Representatives foreign affairs committee headed by Nnena … read more
United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, on Thursday said Nigeria must address the challenges posed by corruption, security and power to foster economic progress. McCulley told newsmen in Ibadan that it was important for the country to improve … read more
Lukman Ayodeji makes his living pumping air into tyres next to a tattered shack in a bustling Lagos market — and now he’s worried he’ll end up flat broke. His pump runs on a small generator, and a litre of … read more
Nigeria has threatened to pull out of the African Union just because its leader (Jonathan Goodluck) lost his bid to take over from the Equatorial Guinean leader (Theodoro Mbasago Obiang) as the Chairman of the AU. He lost to Benin’s … read more
Domestic issues and violence, including the Boko Haram menace and the mass burial of its victims, dominated front pages in Nigeria this week. The week, the first in February, followed January, which has been aptly described as “A month of … read more
Shippers are on the alert as instability in Nigeria threatens to worsen an already serious problem with piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a key trade route for commodities such as crude oil and cocoa. “The risks off Nigeria are … read more
Suspected gunmen from the Islamic sect Boko Haram on Wednesday night killed six persons at Shehuri, north of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state which is regarded as the spiritual base of the sect, the local Leadership newspaper reported Thursday. … read more