Arik Air has released a new schedule for its Kaduna operations following the planned closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the diversion of traffic to Kaduna Airport. The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu disclosed … read more
Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Ltd. on Thursday said it would continue to offer its Lagos-Abuja fixed-wing charter services via Minna Airport during the closure of the Abuja Airport. The federal government has made arrangements for flights to be diverted to Kaduna … read more
Three suicide bombers set ablaze three fuel tankers in the centre of Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri before dawn Friday, officials said, just days before a planned visit by the UN Security Council. Soldiers fired at one of the bombers, … read more
Lagos State government has debunked earlier media reports that it was planning to ban the yellow commercial buses popularly called ‘Danfo’ from operating in the state. Olarenwaju Elegushi, acting commissioner for transportation, clarified the government’s position on the issue at … read more
The chief executive of Eni has defended himself against allegations of corruption related to a $1.3bn Nigerian oil deal and said he still wants to go ahead with the giant offshore development involved in the scandal. Claudio Descalzi told the … read more
Foreign travelers planning to reach the Nigerian capital, Abuja, next month have two choices: make a 15-hour drive from the southern commercial hub of Lagos or fly to the northern city of Kaduna and ride through an area plagued by … read more
Nigeria’s authorities may soon devalue the naira to narrow the gap between the official and black market rates to boost confidence in the economy, a Reuters poll shows. A shortage of dollars in Nigeria has led the black market to … read more
Two-year-old Bintu Mustapha is the human face behind the hidden humanitarian catastrophe now unfolding in northeast Nigeria. Her body wasted and stomach distended by hunger, Bintu’s life hangs by the nutritional drip inserted in her hand. Too weak to move, … read more
It’s 4 p.m. in Nigeria’s capital and Ahmed Chiji has been running from car to car near the National Mosque selling mobile-phone airtime vouchers. His total for the day: 500 naira ($1.59). That’s as little as a 20th of what … read more
At least four people were killed following a gas pipeline explosion in Nigeria’s oil-producing south, a local official said Saturday. “We have lost three people” to the explosion in Rivers state on Wednesday afternoon said Chris Idika, a clergy and … read more