LAGOS, Nigeria, July 13 — The United States government is teaming up with Nigerian groups to launch a web-based platform allowing people to report everyday corruption in Africa’s populous nation. Graft is widespread and sometimes spectacular in Nigeria, and President Muhammadu Buhari took office in 2015 vowing to eradicate it. He warned that “if we don’t […]
ABUJA, July 5 – Nigeria needs to designate some courts to train lawyers on how to handle tax-related issues, according to a director in the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Ike Odume said with the loss of revenue accruing from Nigeria’s dependence on oil, the only hope for the country presently was tax revenue, […]
ADDIS ABABA, July 4 – Acting Nigerian President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the full implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), especially the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF) and the Peace Fund. Osinbajo made the call in his capacity as the chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) […]
THE HAGUE — The widows of four activists executed 22 years ago in Nigeria are launching a civil action in the Netherlands, alleging complicity by oil giant Shell in their husbands’ deaths. Human rights organization Amnesty International said Thursday that Esther Kiobel is bringing the civil case along with Victoria Bera, Blessing Eawo and Charity […]
CAPE TOWN – Buoyant Bafana Bafana, fresh from a historic 2-0 away win over Nigeria in Uyo’s Akwa Ibom Stadium, have arrived in Phokeng’s Royal Marang to begin preparations for Tuesday’s friendly international with Zambia. The encounter will take place at Moruleng Stadium with kick-off at 7pm. Tickets for the game are going for R40 […]
PORT ELIZABETH, June 9 – A Nigerian pastor charged with human trafficking, sexual assault and the rape of young girls and women was refused bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The televangelist has been in custody since April 20 and will remain behind bars based on reasons around conspicuous passports and an […]
ABUJA, June 3–Fulani herdsmen in the mid-belt region of Nigeria face arrest for declaring they would disregard laws enacted to curb fatal clashes between the cattle breeders and villagers. The Benue State Government gave the warning after the nomadic herders, under the auspices of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, dismissed the […]
LAGOS, June 2 – Animal welfare and conservation groups warned the pangolin was close to extinction after seven tonnes of scales of the mammal were seized in Hong Kong, coming from Nigeria. The amount of scales in the seizure by customs was ten times the last interception in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia three weeks ago. The […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 9 (ANA) – Welcoming Saturday’s release of 82 of the schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Chibok by the Boko Haram insurgent group three years ago, the United Nations has called for continued global support for the country’s efforts to release, rehabilitate and reintegrate all Boko Haram victims. “We appeal to all […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 5 – Children in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalised as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict, a first-of-its-kind United Nations report has concluded. “With tactics including widespread recruitment and use, abductions, sexual violence, attacks on schools and the increasing use of children in so-called ‘suicide’ […]