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Nigeria calls for Niger junta to free ousted president

LAGOS: Nigeria is calling for the release of ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum and for the military junta to allow him to leave for...

Nigerian president recalls ambassadors worldwide

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a recall of Nigeria's ambassadors the world over with immediate effect, his spokesman said on Saturday. "The president is determined...

Nigeria gives $235 mln to states to buy rice, maize

Nigeria has approved a total of 180 billion naira ($235 mln) for its 36 states to procure rice and maize to cushion the effects...

Petrol Price Hike: Nigerians hold strike, march in protest

Hundreds marched through major Nigerian cities on Wednesday on the first day of a nationwide strike called to protest the removal of a petrol...

Nigeria to distribute grains, raise salaries to soften impact of rising petrol prices

Nigeria plans to distribute grains and fertiliser from Monday and raise salaries of government workers, the vice president's office said, in a bid to...

Nigeria petrol prices soar to record high

Petrol prices in Nigeria reached 617 naira ($0.7802) per litre on Tuesday, the highest ever, as fuel prices rose in the second month after...

Curfew in central Nigeria state after new attacks

JOS, Nigeria: Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in a north-central region after more tit-for-tat attacks killed at least another nine people. The move was imposed...

Nigeria boat accident kills 100 people, several missing

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least 100 people drowned and several others were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria's north central region, residents and...

Nigeria’s president urges patience after fuel subsidy upheaval

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria's new president Bola Tinubu on Monday urged Nigerians to accept more sacrifice in return for later investments after his government ended...

Nigeria security forces detain suspended central bank chief

Nigeria's security services have detained the country's suspended central bank chief as part of an investigation into his office, the national domestic security agency...

Petrol Prices Tripled In Nigeria

Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC Ltd on Wednesday hiked petrol prices to as high as 557 naira ($1.21) per litre from 189 naira, days...

Four killed after US convoy attacked in Nigeria

Gunmen attacked a US convoy in southeast Nigeria's Anambra State on Tuesday, police and a US official said, killing four people and abducting three...

Extremists kill 37 fishermen in north Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria: Extremists in northeast Nigeria's Borno state have killed at least 37 fishermen, militia sources and a local told AFP on Thursday, in...

Nigeria shortlists 139 firms to commercialise gas flaring

Nigeria's petroleum regulator has shortlisted 139 companies for the next stage of the country's gas flaring commercialisation programme, its chief executive said in a...

Shell to pay 15 mln euros in settlement over Nigerian oil spills

Shell will pay 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta,...

Nigeria’s missing Chibok girls sculpted in clay

The faces of 108 Nigerian girls who are still missing eight years after they were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents have been sculpted in...

Nigeria: People trade waste material for health insurance

Jerome Ngutor had trouble with a persistent stomach ache but like many Nigerians, he did not have enough money to see a doctor. Then he...

Corruption: Nigeria orders seizure of houses, cars of former minister

A Nigerian court has ordered a final seizure of two properties and cars owned by former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country's economic crimes...

Sexual harassment at Nigerian universities is alarming, says Buhari

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday sexual harassment had reached alarming levels at the country's universities, with "sex for grades" also part of...

Floods kill over 300 in Nigeria this year, and could worsen -emergency agency

Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of...
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