Nigeria

Oil-rich Niger Delta still ‘land of misery’: Goldman Prize winner
Chima Williams was recognised for his role in helping oil communities win a 13-year-old case against Shell at The Hague.
Published On 25 May 2022
Arms seized in Niger from regional gov’t stockpiles – report
New report finds evidence that some seized ammunition in Niger came from West African state stockpiles.
Published On 24 May 2022
Nigeria: Police discover severed head of missing legislator
The Anambra state governor has put up a 10 million naira ($24,000) reward for information on the killers.
Published On 23 May 2022
How has Nigeria’s digital currency fared since its launch?
Adoption rates of the eNaira, Africa’s first official digital currency, have been low since its introduction in October.
Published On 23 May 2022

An attempt by Igbo separatists to secede as the Republic of Biafra in 1967, triggered a three-year civil war.

The national emergency service said the explosion in the northern city led to the collapse of a building and the deaths.

The hike in inflation means purchasing power of Nigerians, some of whom live on $50 monthly minimum wage, is declining.

Deborah Samuel was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemous statements about the Prophet Muhammad.

Globally, Nigeria has the highest rate of out-of-school children. A volunteer is working to reduce the numbers.

The central bank governor and at least four of the ministers who resigned are looking to succeed Buhari as president.

Trapped in a legal limbo, thousands of third-nation students risk seeing their years-long education vanishing into air.

In the 2000s, Calabar emerged as a tourism hub in Nigeria but all that good work has been rubbished by heaps of litter.

Cases of mob attacks because of alleged blasphemy happen intermittently in Nigeria, especially in the north.

At least five members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet are seeking to succeed him in 2023.

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