Nigeria’s first lady has warned the “hyenas and jackals” will be banished in a cryptic Facebook post apparently aimed at her husband’s officials. Aisha Buhari’s comments seem to be directed at powerful ruling party politicians, said the BBC’s Naziru Mikailu, … read more
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the Central States of the country on Sunday morning with chances of isolated thunderstorms over most cities in the region. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office on Saturday … read more
An unprecedented flood has taken over the entire Ahmadu Bello way in Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday, forcing some residents and commercial offices to unceremoniously vacate their premises. The Lagos State Police Command has temporarily closed the road for human … read more
Nigeria has been placed 5th in the ranking of the most dangerous country in the world by The World Economic Forum, WEF. The ranking is part of WEF’s biennial tourism report with one section focusing on safety and security. 136 … read more
A boy identified as Emmanuel Ugochukwu who managed to place himself between the front wheels of a Med-View aircraft from Lagos to London has come back alive. A spokesperson of The Med-View Airline Chief Obuke Oyibotha told Daily Trust yesterday … read more
Nigerian anti-corruption agencies have recorded more than 100 convictions on economic and financial crimes since the beginning of the year. Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu disclosed the number in the commercial capital Lagos. He … read more
The wife of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is set to visit him in Britain where he is receiving medical treatment, her spokesman said on Monday, weeks after she last visited him and said he was recovering quickly. The ailing president … read more
Nigeria’s central bank and its telecoms industry regulator have intervened to save the country’s fourth largest telecoms firm from collapse after talks with local banks to renegotiate a $1.2 billion loan failed, a regulatory source said on Tuesday. Etisalat Nigeria … read more
An oil tanker carrying 38,000 tonnes of petrol to Guatemala, collided with the Huayan Endeavor cargo ship on its way from the Netherlands to Nigeria in the English Channel. The English Channel separates southern England from northern France, and links … read more
Boko Haram fighters have been found among refugees returning to northeast Nigeria, local authorities report. At least nine Boko Haram insurgents and 100 accomplices were identified among 920 Nigerian refugees who returned from Marwa in Cameroon on Wednesday, the agency’s … read more