Nigeria’s Woro massacre in early February 2026 was a large‑scale attack on two mainly Muslim farming communities that left Muslim and Christian civilians dead, including adults and children, community leaders, and people living on the economic margins. Local leaders...
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Nigeria Adjusts Airstrike Strategy Under Expanded U.S. Security Cooperation
Nigeria is adjusting how it conducts air operations against armed groups as part of an updated security arrangement with the United States. Under the new framework, Nigerian fighter aircraft will increasingly rely on U.S. reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering...
Nigeria: Questions Mount Over U.S. Airstrikes in Northern Nigeria
By Leslie Varenne, MondAfrique: The American strikes carried out in Nigeria on Christmas Day raise serious questions. Beyond the confusion surrounding the objectives of the operation, inconsistencies in official statements, and the unclear nature of the targets, the...
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Changing Landscape of Africa-U.S. Travel
As the United States prepares to implement a new round of immigration and visa policy changes in 2026, the effects are being felt across Africa and parts of the Middle East. What began as a technical overhaul of screening and enforcement procedures has evolved into a...
Nigerian president Tinubu under pressure to avoid war with northern neighbor Niger
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...
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 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...