The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws. MEPs approved a non-binding resolution by a large majority which said that the two countries violated the Cotonou accord on…
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Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil exporter, but imported fuel for cars has been scarce across the country for weeks. Drivers are frustrated at having to wait in long lines at gas stations to pay skyrocketing prices, while the government blames shady fuel…
Gunmen on motorbikes in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state killed at least 69 people and torched several homes in attacks on four villages, a local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, amid rising communal tension in the region. The state’s police chief, Hurdi…
Gunmen in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state killed 69 people in attacks on four villages, a local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, amid rising communal tension in the region. “So far, 69 bodies have been recovered from the attacks carried out by a large…
Nigeria on Thursday protested the “merciless beating” of one its nationals by South African police and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. Amateur video footage of two armed uniformed policemen and private guards punching and kicking a man on…
Nigeria must reform its oil sector to end decades of suspicion of widespread corruption and build up public trust, the country’s finance minister said in an article published on Thursday. The minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said that an investigation…
Modern Nigeria emerged through the merging of two British colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamation was an act of colonial convenience. It occurred mainly because British colonizers desired a contiguous colonial territory stretching from the arid…
KADUNA, Nigeria — For years, they were out to kill each other. And they almost did. But now Pastor James Wuye and the Imam Muhammad Ashafa work side by side trying to heal the divide between Nigeria’s Christians and Muslims as the heads of the Interfaith…
KAFANCHAN, Nigeria — The highway from Kaduna wove through a maze of military checkpoints and then continued past the rusting hulks of abandoned factories and textile mills that long ago left Nigeria, as did the jobs they once produced. Down the highway…
It’s a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases. Two Nigerian start-ups have tapped this — and other aspects and quirks…
Thousands of refugees are fleeing harrowing scenes of atrocities and body-strewn streets in northern Nigeria, the UN said Tuesday. The UN’s refugee agency said violence in the area had prompted some 2,000 people to flee into neighbouring Niger over…
Report from Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. In a bold move aimed at improving consumer education and protecting…
Report from Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. The Federal Government of Nigeria and Messrs Northern Numero Resources Limited…
Report from Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria Experts on Environmental Health will converge in Ibadan, Oyo State…
The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali has assumed duty in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the…
Report from Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Bashir Wali, has called for commitment,…
Report from Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali has assumed duty…
Youth Development Ministry Report) – The new Minister of Youth Development, Boni Haruna has underscored the importance of the Youth…
(Conduct Tribunal News) – The Code of Conduct Tribunal’s al-Halal Multipurpose Cooperative Society was inaugurated on Thursday March 7, 2014…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim has in a statement released on Thursday February 6, 2014 named…