By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's...
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Nigeria grapples with end of fuel subsidy
By Alexandre Martins Lopes: Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola Tinubu declared an end to popular subsidies, a move analysts and experts said was long overdue. On his first day in office, Tinubu kept to his campaign...
Nigeria: Bandits raid six villages in north, kill 30 civilians
Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria's north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local police have said. The bloodshed is the latest outbreak of inter-communal violence which the country's...
Nigeria: ISWAP ambushes army unit, kills several soldiers
Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday. The convoy was hit by militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
Nigeria: Human Rights Watch accuses Nigeria army over civilian drone strike victims
A leading rights group urged Nigeria's army on Tuesday to take responsibility for a drone strike that killed 39 civilians in January, calling for compensation for the victims and their families. The army eventually admitted ordering the strike near the town of Rukubi,...
Nigeria: Cash-strapped Boko Haram kidnaps herders for ransom
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday. The militants in eight boats stormed the fishing and herding...
Nigeria ends segmentation of Forex markets, OKs free trading on naira
Nigeria's central bank has abolished the country's multiple exchange rate system and effectively floated the naira...
African space tech? Don’t rule it out, says Nigeria’s startup king
By Joseph Boyle: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji might not have the personal wealth of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, but his level...
Nigeria grapples with end of fuel subsidy
By Alexandre Martins Lopes: Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola...
Nigeria: Covid and economic recession on track to drag Nigeria into more instability
More than 200 million Nigerians will slide further into poverty as the coronavirus pandemic has sent oil prices...
Nigerian farmers take on Shell in landmark oil spill case
Lawyers for four Nigerian farmers accused Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Thursday of causing widespread pollution in a...
Nigeria facing daunting economic outlook
Nigeria plans a record budget as the country faces possible negative growth in the third quarter and slipping back...
Nigeria: Another strike of health workers over benefits
Nigerian health workers launched a strike Monday over pay, Covid-19 bonuses and inadequate facilities, union leaders...
Nigeria: Fuel prices up double-digit, as government dumps subsidy program
Tempers have risen in Nigeria along with prices after the oil-rich nation dumped a controversial petrol subsidy system...
Nigeria: How corruption is ruining Nigeria and its people
Warri, Nigeria, Sept 2, 2020 - Investigators are looking for billions of dollars in missing or stolen funds from a...
Nigeria to resume international flights end of August
Lagos, Aug 17, 2020 - Nigeria will resume international flights on August 29 as it eases restrictions over the novel...
Lagos: Partial closure of Africa’s second-largest bridge causes traffic mayhem
Lagos, Aug 5, 2020 - Monster traffic jams are nothing new for Lagos, but the partial closure of the city's main bridge...
Nigerian airline Air Peace announces major cuts to cope with impact of virus on business
Lagos, Aug 4, 2020 - Nigeria's largest airline Air Peace said Tuesday it had laid off a number of pilots and cut...
South African mass retailer Shoprite reassessing its presence in Nigeria
South Africa's Shoprite group, the continent's largest supermarket chain, said Monday it was mulling exiting Nigeria a...
Nigeria’s Buhari signs record spending bill into law, despite weak economy
Abuja, July 10, 2020 - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law a budget with record spending...
Nigeria to resume domestic flights on 8 July
Lagos, July 2, 2020 - Nigeria will resume domestic flights from next Wednesday, the aviation minister said, in a move...
Nigeria: Debate over subsidies reignites as government seeks to end its support to fuel prices
Lagos, June 14, 2020 (By Celia Lebur and Joel Olatunde Agoi) - Plunging oil prices and collapsing state revenues have...
Africa’s newspapers facing collapse amid pandemic
Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already...