A British hostage kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed and three others freed, the Foreign Office (FCO) has confirmed. Ian Squire was one of four Britons taken by suspected militants on 13 October from the oil-rich Delta … read more
Boko Haram’s renewed campaign of suicide bombings in Far North Cameroon has bred suspicion that remains even as attacks have died down. Local communities are currently blocking 400 former Boko Haram hostages from returning home. Hundreds of former Boko Haram … read more
Mr Mathew Page, former United States intelligence community’s top expert on Nigeria has said that the U.S. and the United Kingdom are the biggest recipients of funds looted from Nigeria. Page, a senior policymaker at the White House, State Department, … read more
Researchers from as Swiss university have found that neonatal mortality rises if a child’s mother lives close to an oil spill before conception. The findings are worrying for residents of the oil-rich Niger Delta. Niger Delta resident Annkio Briggs still remembers … read more
The International Maritime Bureau has grouped Nigeria as a top piracy hotspot and described the nation’s waters as risky based on the high rate of deadly attack on vessels around the country. In its latest piracy report released on Tuesday, … read more
Nigerian police say gunmen have kidnapped four British nationals in the Niger Delta region. Police spokesperson Andrew Aniamaka said on Wednesday the four were abducted around 02:00 in Enukorowa community in the Burutu local government area. He says they include … read more
An Italian missionary priest freed by hostage-takers in Nigeria Wednesday returned to Italy on Thursday. Father Maurizio Pallù, a priest with the Rome diocese, touched down in his native Florence and was greeted with religious chants by friends and supporters. … read more
Truckers and Petroleum tankers have been barred from parking indiscriminately on Lagos roads, has the stakeholders, in a fresh resolution declared that all tankers, trailers and trucks should remain in truck terminals outside the state. The stakeholders, including the Nigerian … read more
Thousands of primary school teachers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils. State governor Nasir El-Rufai said 21,780 teachers, two-thirds of the total, had failed to score 75% … read more
For an oil-reliant economy that’s in the throes of a prolonged slump in crude prices, combating terrorism and fending off questions about its president’s health, Nigeria has managed to defy the odds. After a weak 2016, Africa’s largest oil producer … read more