Nigerian truck with 1 million bullets arrested by Ghana Customs
The vehicle with Nigerian registration number KTU 444 XV was said to have arrived at the last check point on Monday, December 28th on its […]
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Nigeria to import 75% fuel for local consumption in 2016
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Sunday, said fuel importation will continue beyond 2016. Addressing a press conference shortly after […]
Nigeria: Government to review mining licences
Nigeria government is set to review all its mining licences as its wants to overhaul a largely unproductive sector dominated by artisan miners, the mining […]
Boko Haram forces 1 mln children out of school, 600 teachers killed – UN
Boko Haram’s insurgency in and around Nigeria has kept over a million children from school, adding to the 11 million children already out of school […]
Nigeria: Governor of oil state sacked by court ruling
A Nigerian appeal court on Thursday has upheld the ruling of a lower court which voided the election of the governor of southern oil-rich state […]
Mali: Rice harvest increases 13%
Mali, West Africa’s second largest rice producer after Nigeria, has produced 2,451,321 tonnes of rice in 2015, up 13 percent from last season, government statistics […]
Africa loses $148bn to corruption yearly – AfDB Boss
African countries are losing $148 billion every year due to corruption, President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina said during the commemoration of International […]
Nigeria: Kidnapped Polish seamen freed
Five Polish sailors who were kidnapped by pirates from a cargo ship off Nigeria’s coast in late November have been freed and are returning home […]
Cameroon: No Chibok girls among freed hostages
Cameroonian government on Tuesday said none of the recently rescued 900 hostages held captive by Boko Haram are the abducted Chibok girls. On December 2nd, […]
Nigeria: NGOs to launch “Stop the Bleeding” campaign
Nigeria is bleeding. But it’s not a physical wound; it’s a financial one, and it’s allowing more to leave in illicit flows – money that […]