Tag Archives: NIGERIA

The Nigerian National Petroleum Co. said it’s owed more than $6 billion by the country’s government that the firm has spent to keep gasoline cheap, a day after newly sworn-in President Bola Tinubu announced an end to the subsidy program. The state-owned company shouldn’t keep absorbing the burden of preserving …

A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, and kidnapping three others, according to local police and US officials. The attack took place in the southeastern Anambra state, with Anambra Police Command telling CNN …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was in Nigeria as of May 19, 2023 having left Guinea-Bissau where he was on official visit. The host president’s media aide shared a photo of Ghana’s presidential jet parked on the Abuja tarmac sharing some views Akufo-Addo had made at an event during the …

85 people have died in several days of fighting between herders and farmers, BBC.com report. Even though it is unclear what caused the violence, it is reported to have started Monday in Plateau state, which straddles the divide between Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north and mainly Christian south, and which has …

The Federal Government spent $112.35m servicing external debt in January 2023, according to findings by The PUNCH. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Weekly International Payments showed that the amount spent in January was 146.17 per cent higher than the $45.64m spent in December 2022. This occurred as the …

The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that he must become Nigeria’s president. He said this on Friday, May 12, during a book launch in Awka, Anambra State with the title “Peter Obi: Many Voices, one Perspective.” Expressing confidence in his ability, Peter Obi said if …

Some gunmen have kidnapped at least 25 members of a church in North-west Nigeria’s Kaduna state. In a BBC.com report, an official statement from the Christian Association of Nigeria said the gunmen stormed the Bege Baptist Church in Chikun and abducted 40 people but 15 managed to escape. A police …

Meet Justin Irabor, the founder of Kainene vos Savant, a super-intelligent chatbot rivaling ChatGPT. He created his chatbot after enrolling as a student at the International University of Applied Sciences in Germany while working on the side. He soon realized how challenging it was to combine schooling with work. Justin …

Davido, whose real name is David Adedeji Adeleke, is one of Nigeria’s most valuable musicians, and for good reason. He has made a significant impact on the Nigerian and global music scene, and his success has earned him a place as one of the most influential and respected artists in …

Retired mental health counselor, Dr Jeffrey Guterman has said that Nigeria will become a narco-state if Bola Ahmed Tinubu is inaugurated. He made this known in a tweet shared on social media on Friday, April 28, 2023. Guterman has been known to raise concerns over Tinubu’s narcotic case in the …