Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s Christian-majority south. Last month some 300 traders from the Muslim majority north of the country were…
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The spate of death plaguing the Nigerian film industry in recent time continued as two Nollywood actors, Shehu Jubril and…
In what can arguably be regarded as the biggest concert this quarter of 2014, Nigeria’s first of a kind radio…
SEME, the border between Nigeria and Benin Republic has a vast area, which covers a large expanse of land. The…
(Industry, Trade and Investment News) Nigeria’s Industry, Trade and Investment Minister, Olusegun Aganga has said that plans have been concluded…
Nollywood runs girl, Halima Abubakar is currently on holiday in New York city. . The actress just bought an expensive…
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on Sunday reassured Nigerians, especially industrialists, of steady electricity supply in a very…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dumped the party which gave him a platform to be Nigeria’s…
Nigeria’s ruling party, weakened by mass defections and riven by months of in-fighting, was dealt a fresh blow on Sunday, when one of its most senior figures said he had joined the main opposition. Atiku Abubakar, the country’s vice-president under…
“Nigeria, March/April 1978: The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary…
Friday, January 17, 2014 was two days after this year’s edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. . That was…
A Muslim cleric who had previously criticised Boko Haram has been shot dead with his wife and child in northern Nigeria, locals and his family said on Sunday. Unknown gunmen opened fire on Adam Albani’s car at about 10:30 pm (2130 GMT) on Saturday in…
Dozage Records signed artiste, Lace, is set to drop his debut album ‘Benin 2 Nigeria’ on Valentine’s Day. . The…
General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria’s ailing power sector, the country’s trade and investment minister said on Friday. Olusegun Aganga said the deal between the US conglomerate and Stanbic Bank would…
Eight people were killed in religious violence in Nigeria on Friday, including a Christian family of seven, while a roadside bomb killed seven others in an area known for Boko Haram activity. The two incidents follow deadly violence last weekend, which…
More than 2,000 people were forced from their homes after a market attack in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram militants that killed at least 52, a relief agency said Thursday. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the region said…
Eleven lawmakers from Nigeria’s ruling party on Wednesday gave formal notice of their intention to defect to the main opposition, in a fresh blow to President Goodluck Jonathan. The members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — all of them senators…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Addis Ababa announced that Nigeria has mobilised 700 million dollars to support the completion…
Poisonous rivalries among Nigeria’s top military brass hindered a fight against Islamic militants, forcing President Goodluck Jonathan to fire the army, navy and air force chiefs two weeks ago, he said. The January 16 sackings, along with that of the…
Two Islamic courts in Nigeria have been forced to suspend the trials of 10 men accused of homosexuality because of fears of mob violence, judges and officials have said. An angry crowd last week pelted stones at seven men suspected of breaking Islamic…