Aero Contractors yesterday resumed scheduled flight operations after about four months of suspending domestic services.The carrier, which has the second largest fleet in the country, reopened Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Warri flights operations, with plans to expand destinations soon. … read more
Multiple experts, including Action Against Hunger, have validated new analysis confirming an elevated risk of famine in Nigeria’s Borno State among populations cut off from humanitarian assistance due to the Boko Haram insurgency. The international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger … read more
Nigeria’s government has denied reports that “plastic rice” was being sold in the country, days after the customs service said 2.5 tonnes of the contraband had been confiscated. Health Minister Isaac Adewole tweeted that tests by the food safety agency … read more
A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Nigerian Government to increase funding for water and sanitation in next year’s budget to address the needs of 21 million residents of Lagos, the country’s largest city, which continues to … read more
Nigeria has approved a policy that offers protection for anyone who blew whistle on corruption acts as well as reward whistle blowers with 5% of funds recovered through credible information they offer. “If you whistle blow in public spirit and … read more
Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu said the fake rice was intended to be sold in markets during the festive season. He said the rice was very sticky after it was boiled and “only God knows what would have happened” if … read more
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency is reviving a five-year-old scandal involving one of Africa’s richest oil blocs, in which a former petroleum minister and his allies allegedly made $1.1bn and the state oil company $210m. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed … read more
James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta state governor who was released from a UK prison today is still facing two obstacles before he can return to Nigeria. He must face a deportation hearing and then also pay £18 million to the … read more
Nigerian government forces have rescued another 1,880 hostages from the den of the terror group Boko Haram, the army authorities said on Thursday. The hostages, all women and children, were freed from inside the Sambisa Forest, known as the largest … read more
Aviation staff have launched an indefinite strike targeting Arik Airlines, Nigeria’s largest carrier, amid a dispute over salary arrears and contracts, three trade unions said. Nigeria is in its first recession in 25 years and earlier this year two other … read more