Nigeria

This Day] For several years there have been incidents of Nigerians hiding in the wheel-well or other parts of aircraft to escape from the country. The continuous record of these incidents is an indication that the security system at the airports is weak and porous...

The cash shortage in Nigeria has led to violent protests, leaving countless citizens injured and a few dead. ...

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), latest report has  revealed that about 82,000 pregnant women die annually from  pregnancy related complications or childbirth in the country. The new death rate arising from pregnancy-related complications doubled the figure released by the Federal Ministry of Health,(FMOH...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria has secured $800 million from the World Bank to scale up its national social program ahead of the removal of its costly but popular subsidies on petrol in June, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Wednesday. Africa’s biggest economy set aside 3.36 trillion naira ($7.3 billion) this year to

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, will begin operations before May 29, 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over power to a new government. The minister stated this at the 10th Aviation Stakeholders Forum in Abuja on Thursday...

By Cristian Munduate  Thirteen-year-old Ibrahim was abducted from school in north-west Nigeria in late 2020. Gun-toting men attacked his school around midnight and abducted him and his classmates. They spent one week in captivity before being rescued. “Ibrahim is not going back to that school, nor any other school soon,” said his traumatized father...

Premium Times] Mr Sanwo-Olu urges business owners and government agencies to accept the old naira notes in accordance with the court ruling...

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has, in a recent statement, outlined five critical things that he believes Nigeria needs to thrive and succeed.  Tinubu’s statements set the tone of his leadership and provide a roadmap for his administration when he is sworn in as president on the 29th of May...