Opinion – Nigeria is 56, should we be celebrating?
By Yemisi Adegoke When I was younger Nigerian Independence Day was kind of a big deal. My friends and I would paint our faces, don our flags and head down to Stratford Rex (or wherever 25
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Leader Pledges to Rid Nigeria of Hunger, Omits Worst Crisis
By Michelle Faul, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president promised Saturday to drive hunger out of Africa’s most populous nation but made no mention of a conflict-driven famine threatening to kill tens of thousands 25
Nigerians feel pride and despair on 56th Independence
By Chika Oduah Abuja, Nigeria – The lights are off and a few hundred people sit in the darkness of an auditorium facing a glowing stage. The Nigerian poet, Dike Chukwumerije recites a series of 25
Rise in Nigerian sex slavery in Italy fuelled by violence and “juju” magic
by Tom Esslemont | Thomson Reuters Foundation CATANIA, Italy, Sept 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nigerian teenager Beauty arrived in Sicily after crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa last year, she had only hours 25
Nigeria Football Federation says it cannot afford to attend World Cup qualifier
(CNN) – As it stands, Nigeria’s 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign may be over before it even begins. With the country in the midst of a crippling recession triggered by weak oil prices, funding for 25
President Buhari removes aide who plagiarized Obama speech
(CNN) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has removed a speechwriter who caused him national embarrassment after he plagiarized US President Barack Obama. Buhari delivered the lines at the launch of a landmark campaign on September 25
Female Boko Haram victims in Nigerian camps forced to sell sex as food runs out
Boko Haram violence has left more than 65,000 people living in famine in the northeast, with one million others at risk Tired of watching her five children go hungry in a camp for people fleeing 25
Nigerian oil export pipeline attacked – crude oil production already near a 30-year low
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 26 (UPI) — A militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria said it was answering statements from Abuja on mediation by bombing a main oil export pipeline. A group 25
Boko Haram leader Shekau resurfaces in video after claims by the Nigerian army he had been seriously wounded
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, rejecting assertions by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded. “You have 25
Niger Delta Avengers break truce with pipeline blast
Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) – The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday claimed responsibility for the destruction of a major oil pipeline in southern Nigeria, breaking a ceasefire the militant group had declared a month ago. In 25