Kidnapped Schoolgirls ‘freed In Nigeria’
The majority of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi last month have been returned, the government says. Nigeria’s Ministry of Information says 76 of the 110...
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Age Limit To Run For President Reduced To 35
Nigeria’s next general elections might still be two years away but there’s already a good reason for young citizens to be excited. In a session on Wednesday (July 26), the Nigerian senate voted...
Nigeria’s Ex-Oil Minister Battles Slew of Graft Cases
Nigeria's former oil minister faces charges only at home but her name crops up in a growing number of international cases that lift the lid on the scale of alleged corruption in the country's oil...
Nigeria Court Orders Forfeiture of Ex-Oil Minister’s Luxury $37.5m…
A Nigerian court has ordered the temporary forfeiture a $37.5 million property belonging to the country's ex-oil minister, with prosecutors alleging it was bought with ill-gotten funds. Judge Chuka...
Malala Meets Her Chibok ‘heroes’ In Nigeria
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday called for a "state of emergency for education" in Nigeria, as she visited the country and met some of the Chibok schoolgirls whose cause she...
Nigerian Lawmakers Want Ex-President Quizzed About Oil Deal
Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday said former president Goodluck Jonathan should give evidence at an inquiry into an oil block deal that has become a shorthand for endemic graft. The probe centres on...
Calls For Clarity Over Nigeria’s Absent President
The president of Africa's most populous nation was last seen in public two months ago and since the start of 2017, he's been outside the country more than in it. Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari left for...
Joy As Chibok Girls Reunited With Parents
There were emotional scenes Saturday as 82 kidnapped Chibok girls released by Boko Haram Islamists earlier this month were reunited with their parents. At the reunion held in Nigeria's capital of...
US Court Battle Gives Clues To Nigerian Arms Scandal
The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled government fighting jihadists. The weapons deal collapses in acrimony but instead of a...
Health of Nigeria’s President Stokes Governance Concerns
President Muhammadu Buhari had warned Nigerians when he returned from nearly two months of medical treatment in London that he was likely to have go back. On Sunday night, he did just that. But if...
Nigerian Officials Jailed For Selling Food Aid
Two Nigerian officials have been jailed for selling food aid meant for people fleeing militant attacks and food shortages in the country’s north-east. The two sold 180 bags of rice donated by an...
Nigeria’s Jonathan Blames Obama For 2015 Election Defeat
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu Buhari, alleging the former US president headed a global conspiracy to get rid of him....
Buhari Denies Targeting Jonathan In Corruption Fight
Nigeria's presidency has defended President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations that his anti-corruption fight is targeting former President Goodluck Jonathan and his family. A statement said that Mr...
Nigeria Football In $8.2 Million Deal To Pay National Coaches
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday signed a five-year deal worth $8.2 million (7.5 million euros) with an oil and gas firm to pay its national team coaches. The contract with energy...
Emir of Kano ‘investigated For Corruption’
The emir (C) clashed with the government when he headed the central bank One of Nigeria's most powerful Muslim leaders, the Emir of Kano, is being investigated for alleged corruption, an official has...
Why Buhari Sacked His Spy Chief
It has emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Chief this week because the 43 million dollar found in a Lagos apartment allegedly belonged to...
Shell Admits Dealing With Nigerian Money Launderer
Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. It comes after emails were published showing Shell negotiated...
Shell Admits Dealing With Money Launderer
Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. It comes after emails were published showing Shell negotiated...
Shell Admits Dealing With Nigerian Criminal
Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. It comes after emails were published showing Shell negotiated...
Shell Admits Dealing With Money Launderer
Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. It comes after emails were published showing Shell negotiated...