Nearly 200 die in a month at Boko Haram displaced camp
Abuja (AFP) – Nearly 200 people have died in the last month at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, an aid agency said Wednesday, warning of a growing 25
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The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have again disavowed a purported ceasefire with the Nigerian government. The militant group, which has carried out attacks on oil pipelines and infrastructure in the oil-producing Niger Delta region since 25
Bring Back Our Girls demands news of escaped Chibok girl
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Nigeria’s Bring Back Our Girls movement and family members are demanding that the government provide news of the only schoolgirl among 219 kidnapped to escape the clutches of Boko Haram Islamic 25
Nigerian President appoints new Police IG
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police. The Acting Inspector-General, who hails from Kutigi, Lavun in Niger State, was born on 25
Ailing Nigerian President survives the emergency room swaggering
Out of action Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Sunday from a 14-day emergency trip to London over his deteriorating health condition, bragging about his fitness. Teasingly but in a more defensive tone, 25
Buhari returns to Nigeria after London medical stay
Abuja (AFP) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja on Sunday, saying he was feeling well after a two-week stay in London where he received treatment for an ear infection. “I’m ok. You can 25
Nigerian politicians, other public servants truly visit the U.S. to have sex
The group of Nigerian politicians accused of both groping a hotel attendant, and trying to solicit prostitutes that might of been working at websites similar to www.tubev.sex at the time, while visiting the United States 25
Nigerian lawmakers should sue the Americans if they are bold enough
The Cable – Last week, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria accused three Nigerian lawmakers of bad behaviour. In a strongly worded letter, James Entwistle accused Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom), Mohammed Gololo (APC, Bauchi) and 25
Nigeria is finally going to do the painful thing everyone said it has to do
Business Insider/ Nigeria is finally going to do the painful thing everyone said it has to do. The central bank announced on Wednesday that the naira peg will be abandoned on Monday, June 20, and 25
Niger Delta Avengers bombs another pipeline
ABUJA, Nigeria, June 16 (UPI) — The assault on oil installations in the Niger Delta continued Thursday with a group taking credit for blowing up a pipeline run by a national oil company. The attack 25