Nigeria oil workers call off strike after talks
A strike at Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) has been suspended after talks between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu, and the workers’ […]
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Switzerland to Return Looted $300m to Nigeria
Nigeria and Switzerland have signed an agreement for the return of more than $300 million confiscated from the family of Nigeria’s Sani Abacha. The Swiss […]
MTN Unregistered SIM Cards Caused 10,000 Live Losses, Buhari
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the mobile phone operator MTN fueled the country’s Boko Haram insurgency by failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards. […]
Nigeria: Debts Service Soaks 80% of Annual Revenue
The Islamic Development Bank on Tuesday told the Nigerian senate that the west-African nation is using up to 80 per cent of its revenues to […]
Nigeria: NCC Confirms Payment of $250mln by MTN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday said South African cellphone operator MTN has paid $250 million as part of the $3.9 billion fine imposed […]
RFI Correspondent Tried before Cameroon Military Court
A Hausa language correspondent for Radio France International (RFI) appeared before a military court in Cameroon for the first time on Monday. Abba, who is […]
Nigeria Removes 24,000 Ghost Workers from State Payroll
Nigeria’s anti-corruption audit ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that nearly 24,000 civil servants on the government payroll do not exist. Local media reported […]
Pirates Attack French Vessel off Nigerian Coast
Two sailors, a Russian and a Nigerian, have been kidnapped from a ship belonging to French oil-industry-services company Bourbon off Nigeria’s coast, the Nigerian navy […]
Nigeria: Dangote Launches 20,000-Ha Rice Production Scheme
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, last week launched 20,000 hectare rice production scheme in Jigawa state, aimed at making Nigeria self-sufficient in rice production and […]
Boko Haram Fighters Trained in Somalia, Somalian President
Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on Sunday, said members of the extremist Islamist Boko Haram group were trained in Somalia before returning to West Africa […]