Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary “fiercely opposed” environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from a stalled cleanup of the worst oil spills in the West African nation’s history, according to a … read more
The Nigerian government is considering the possibility of building a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in order to cushion the effect of over burden on the existing runway. This was revealed by the Minister of State, … read more
Nigeria’s government is worried about clandestine migration. Unlike in Europe, the issue is not people coming in, but Nigerians leaving the country. New rules are being enacted to solve the problem. On Monday, the Nigerian government presented the “Immigration Regulation … read more
The Nigerian naira gained 1.1 percent to a six-month high of 430 per dollar on the black market on Wednesday, traders said. The central bank has been intervening on the official market to try to narrow the currency spread with … read more
Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani … read more
Passengers flying to the UK from certain countries will be banned from carrying most electronic devices, Sky News sources say. The ban is not the result of any specific intelligence of an upcoming attack, but is being introduced as a … read more
Protesters have stormed the offices of rights group Amnesty International in Nigeria on Monday (20 March) urging the organisation to leave the country within 24 hours. Members of the umbrella group Global Peace and Rescue Initiative (GOPRI) accused the NGO … read more
The Nigerian central bank has weakened the naira by 0.6 percent in the last two weeks through dollar interventions on the official market aimed at narrowing the spread with the black market, traders said on Tuesday. The naira was trading … read more
An informal settlement in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, has been razed to the ground in defiance of a court order, rights activists are saying. Residents of Otodo-Gbame saw excavators near the entrance to their community in the morning, Megan Chapman, … read more
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari chaired his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday since coming back from medical leave last week. Buhari has had no public appearances outside the presidential villa since coming back on Friday from London where he had been … read more