Romania’s foreign ministry says a Romanian engineer abducted in southern Nigeria has been freed. The ministry did not provide details of the man’s release in its statement late Wednesday. It thanked Nigerian authorities and the crisis team the ministry set … read more
Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been freed, a senior Nigerian government official has told the BBC. The official wanted to remain anonymous and the government has not issued a statement. Previous reports of the girls’ … read more
Nigeria’s Kaduna state has outlawed the Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), in a step the government said was necessary to keep public peace. Samuel Aruwan, spokesman to governor Nasir el-Rufai of the northwestern state, said in a statement Friday … read more
James Ibori, a former Nigerian state governor jailed in Britain for corruption, is very likely to appeal against his conviction on the grounds that British police and lawyers involved in his case were themselves corrupt, a London court heard on … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied freezing the personal accounts of former president, Goodluck Jonathan in what the presidency called an attempt to tarnish the image of Buhari, Naij reports. Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu said that the president was unaware of … read more
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday led workers to shut down operations at a Lebanese Firm in Abuja, Artco Industries Limited for alleged anti-labour activities and violations of labour law in the country. The National President of NLC, … read more
Oxfam Head of Programme in Nigeria, Constant Tchona, yesterday, disclosed that over 57 million Nigerians lacked access to safe or clean water. Tchona, who spoke at the commissioning of Tyowanye Motorised Water Scheme, implemented by Oxfam in Nigeria with support … read more
Details of how much money some powerful but corrupt Nigerian politicians have stolen and hidden away in foreign land in recent years have begun to emerge. The details of the stolen funds are contained in President Muhammadu Buhari’s biography, entitled … read more
Sitting in his cramped office in the basement of a Chinese-themed hotel in Lagos, Abubakar Mohammed complains about a shortage of dollars that’s crippling Nigeria’s economy and driving black-market naira rates to a record. The experience of the 37-year-old, who … read more
Police in Nigeria Thursday said four students of Lagos Model College in Epe area of Lagos state were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. State Police chief Fatai Owoseni, who confirmed the incident during his weekly press briefing in Lagos, said the … read more