JOHANNESBURG, September 6 – A major resurgence in Boko Haram attacks and suicide bombings in Cameroon and Nigeria has left at least 381 civilians dead in the five months since the start of April 2017, with casualties more than double the previous five months, reports Amnesty International. The rights organisation said the sharp rise in […]
ABUJA, September 5 — The Nigerian government said it was working on a sustained and all-inclusive growth as indication emerged that the country’s economy had exited its worst recession in more than two decades. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed a notched-up growth of 0.55 percent in the second quarter […]
ABUJA, September 4 – MORE than 200 000 people have been displaced as central Nigeria experiences the worst flooding in five years. The heavy rains have led to flash floods, discharges and river overflowing in the Benue State. Humanitarian agencies reported some 244 878 people are affected in 21 local governmental areas in the state. […]
ABUJA – NIGERIA appears headed for another diplomatic fallout with South Africa after it condemned the recent murder of its two citizen in the Southern African country. Kingsley Ikeri (27) said to be a businessman and native of Mbaitolu in the south-eastern Imo State was reportedly killed at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal last Thursday. […]
LAGOS – UNITED Kingdom (UK) International Development Secretary, Priti Patel, has reiterated her country’s commitment to cracking down on modern slavery. Speaking in Lagos, Nigeria, she called for a world free from this trade. “It is shameful that in the 21st Century the evil crime of modern slavery lurks in every corner of the globe, […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 31 – Skilled health personnel are desperately needed in north-eastern Nigeria, the United Nations population agency says, after training hundreds of health providers in Borno State on the basics of reproductive health needs. “I have been working in the field of maternal health in this country for more than 35 years,” Hauwa Lassa, […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 29 – A former Nigerian oil minister, who is facing corruption allegations, has had $21m seized from bank accounts linked to her by a Nigerian court. Alison-Madueke, who was once one of Africa’s most prominent female politicians, was ordered by federal high court judge, Abdulazeez Anka, on Monday to immediately forfeit the sum […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 23 – The United Nations children agency has expressed extreme concern at the appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as “human bombs” in north-east Nigeria. “Since the beginning of January 2017, 83 children had been used as so-called human bombs, 55 being girls, most of them often […]
LAGOS, August 19 — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, on Saturday, after receiving medical attention in London, a statement from the presidency said. Presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina said the Nigerian leader is expected to speak to citizens in a broadcast by 7 a.m. Monday. The president left the country […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 16 – Up to 30 people were killed, and another 83 people injured, after three suicide bombers blew themselves up in north-eastern Nigeria in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram. A female suicide bomber blew herself up on Tuesday killing at least 27 people while two other suicide bombers detonated their […]