With Nigeria’s parliament poised to extend a controversial law banning the “menace of street begging” throughout the country, campaigners are warning the policy has already resulted in the persecution of tens of thousands of disabled and mentally ill citizens. Street … read more
The Security sub-committee of the Oil Producers Trade Section, OPTS, of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has revealed that the activities of 32 militant groups in the Niger Delta region since the resurgence of militancy has robbed … read more
On the teeming streets of Lagos, the Nigerian mega-city of 15 million people, the once omnipresent money-changers are going underground. They’ve become the latest target of authorities desperate to bolster the naira and crush a black market for foreign currency … read more
Imagine catching fish. You reel the fish in, bring it onto your boat and take it home where you also grow crops. Day after day, you are self-sufficient. You can keep feeding yourself and your family because of easily accessible … read more
Amnesty International accused Nigerian security forces on Thursday of killing at least 150 peaceful advocates of Biafra’s secession from Africa’s most populous nation, but the military and police dismissed the allegations. An army spokesman said Amnesty’s statement, the latest in … read more
On the teeming streets of Lagos, the Nigerian mega-city of 15 million people, the once omnipresent money-changers are going underground. They’ve become the latest target of authorities desperate to bolster the naira and crush a black market for foreign currency … read more
Nigerians based in the United States of America, under the auspices of Nigerian Union Diaspora (NUD), have congratulated the country’s President-elect. Mr. Donald Trump, on his electoral victory and urged him to run an equitable government. The NUD’s congratulatory message was … read more
Gunmen have killed four guards at a facility operated by the Nigerian subsidary of Italian group Eni, local and security officials said on Wednesday. Four members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), a paramilitary agency of the … read more
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board has seized 31 cows and 53 sheep and their owners were charged to court for illegal grazing in the Federal Capital Territory. The owners were fined various amounts of money by the environmental sanitation mobile … read more
A Supreme Court judge in Nigeria has been charged in court in the capital Abuja with corruption and money-laundering. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, who was allegedly found with several passports, pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of fraud. He appeared along … read more