Three foreigners have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday, after the Dutch foreign ministry told AFP it was “aware” of reports that those taken were Dutch citizens. “Three expatriates tried to access…
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Addis Ababa announced that Nigeria has mobilised 700 million dollars to support the completion…
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents, the UN’s refugee agency said Friday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner…
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said, yesterday, that he would reconcile all warring factions…
ThA Ne small number of surviving giraffes in western Africa is on the rise again, after 366 were counted in southwest Niger in 2012, up from 311 the previous year, official figures published Tuesday showed. The latest figure includes 177 males and 189…
Drug abuse in northern Nigeria’s largest city has been on the rise in recent years, with anti-narcotics officials and experts warning of serious social consequences if the problem is not tackled. Kano has the country’s highest drug abuse rate based…
Africa’s largest oil producer Nigeria on Tuesday exported its milestone 3,000th liquefied natural gas cargo since it began operations in 1999, Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) said. The cargo was exported from NLNG’s Bonny Island terminal in southern Rivers…
Nigeria striker Sone Aluko’s decision to extend his contract at Hull has been welcomed by manager Steve Bruce as potentially the Premier club’s most important deal during the January transfer window. The 24-year-old’s current deal was due to expire…
Rice dealers on Tuesday in Asaba appealed to the FG to extend the last day for the proposed ban on…
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday ordered the State Civil Service to work out the modalities for a compulsory…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said on Monday that Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel deserved to be named Africa’s best player of 2013. Mikel is in the running for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) award with Ivorian stars Yaya Toure, of Manchester…
Nigeria is repatriating over 1,600 citizens who have sought refuge in its embassy in Bangui, fleeing violence wracking the Central African Republic, an army spokesman said Sunday. “The Federal Government has … arranged several chartered flights to…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is facing an uphill battle if he seeks re-election next year, after a series of unprecedented setbacks that have raised doubts about his political survival. The perceived damage to the 56-year-old’s stock has led…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday rejoiced with President Goodluck Jonathan as he clocked the age of 56. The News Agency of Nigeria…
No fewer than 24 people lost their lives and property valued N105 million destroyed in fire incidents in Gombe between…
The Osun State House of Assembly On Monday in Osogbo, the state capital threatened to recommend government agencies that were…
The Benue Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that some gunmen burnt down the house of Mr Teryima Nguher, Chairman of Ukum Local Government, in Kyado…
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday struck out the application of an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, seeking to quash the…
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Adenaike, on Friday urged banks operating in the state to support policemen…