A day after tens of thousands protested, youth gangs set up roadblocks of burning tyres along major roads in Lagos, the largest city in Africa’s most populous nation, and threw stones at vehicles as they sought to extort money from … read more
Chinua Achebe is heading a group of 38 Nigerian authors who are throwing their weight behind mass protests in the country at the government’s withdrawal of the state fuel subsidy. The internationally acclaimed, bestselling novelist Achebe was joined by Caine … read more
The Senate this afternoon rose from an emergency meeting with a resolution that its leadership should continue with the ongoing dialogue and negotiation with both the executive arm of government and labour in a bid to resolve the crisis arising … read more
THE leader of Nigeria’s Christians warned at the weekend that deadly attacks on churches and the faithful suggested “religious cleansing”, comparing the violence to the run-up to the 1960s civil war. The upsurge in violence coincides with the government stopping … read more
FEARING that the current killings of Southern Christians by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in northern states could lead to reprisal attacks in the Southern states, hundreds of Northerners, especially Muslims living in Enugu and other parts of the South … read more
Three people were killed and several more injured after several million Nigerians took to the streets Monday, protesting the government’s decision to scrap fuel subsidies earlier this month, Nigerian television reported. Among the dead are two children who were killed … read more
Nigeria’s main gateway Murtala Mohammed International Airport was partially opened for flight operations Monday, the first day of the indefinite strike called to protest high fuel prices in Africa’s most populous nation. Most international airlines, including Middle East Airlines, EgyptAir … read more
The Nigerian authorities on Monday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the northern city of Kano, the second time in days after doing so in a string of towns in the Muslim-dominated north following a deadly church attack. The latest curfew, … read more
The Nigerian state of Adamawa has imposed a 24-hour curfew in response to a spate of deadly attacks on Christians by suspected Islamists. Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told reporters Saturday that Christians have the right … read more
NIGERIA contains the largest concentration of Africans on the planet – about 160 million. It is also rich: it produces more than two million barrels of oil a day. So it ought to be able to feed its people well … read more