Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, has reduced the number of domestic flights it offers due to a scarcity of aviation fuel, its spokesman said on Thursday, the latest carrier to limit services due to a currency squeeze in the country. … read more
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group claimed attacks on three oil pipelines in southern Nigeria on Tuesday, saying they would slash the OPEC-member’s production by 300 000 barrels per day. Attacks on pipelines by several militant groups have cut Nigeria’s … read more
Lawmakers in northeastern Nigeria are investigating new allegations that officials have diverted crucial food aid intended for people who have fled from Boko Haram extremists. The allegations in Adamawa state center on officials and market traders accused of selling food … read more
They arrive in their hundreds every month, their heads full of dreams of new lives in Europe. In reality, many of them are destined for years of sexual slavery. And in Italy’s migrant-saturated southern ports, prising these young Nigerian girls … read more
Amnesty International is calling on Nigerian authorities to provide accommodation for as many as 30,000 people who have been left homeless after their waterfront communities were destroyed despite a court injunction. Amnesty said Friday that the people made homeless in … read more
Some 30,000 residents of the Nigerian megacity Lagos have become homeless because of state-ordered demolitions and fighting between rival communities, residents and a rights group said on Thursday. The violence highlights the challenges of a rapidly rising population unable to … read more
In order to force a favourable exchange rate for the Naira, the Nigerian government has commenced a clampdown on money changers, called Bureau De Change operators. Dozens of money changers have since Wednesday been arrested by officials of the State … read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that domestic airlines operating in the country recorded 7, 722 cases of delayed flights in the third quarter of 2016. This is contained in a document issued by the NCAA’s Consumer Protection … read more
The bulk carrier Columbia River was attacked by pirates at the Lagos outer anchorage in Nigeria. The vessel was approached by skiff with several armed men, who succeeded to board and took control. The crew sent distress signal and locked … read more
One of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram from their school in northeast Nigeria’s Chibok more than two years ago has been found by soldiers. About 270 girls were kidnapped by the jihadist group, which … read more