Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $3.8 billion in sugar and rice and $800 million in dairy production in the next three years as the company seeks to...
People cover their noses at the stench of death in the Crystal Church of God in Owode Onirin, just outside Lagos, where bloody clothes, drums, bibles and hymn books still litter the bare floor. Three...
People cover their noses at the stench of death in the Crystal Church of God in Owode Onirin, just outside Lagos, where bloody clothes, drums, bibles and hymn books still litter the bare floor. Three...
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has asked persons who have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees to desist from using the title ‘Dr’, since it is wrong to do so. It further asked...
Ghana’s Armwrestling team, the Golden Arms finished 2nd at the Africa Amrwrestling Championship held in Lagos Nigeria. The championship which was Ghana’s first together with the congress and...
Nigerian authorities have launched an investigation into claims that a teenager survived 12 hours hidden in the wheel compartment of a plane between Lagos and London, an aviation official said...
An alleged head of a kidnapping ring in Lagos, Nigeria, is suing the Inspector-General of Police. Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, who is better known as Evans, says he was unlawfully detained and a subject...
Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeje Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, on Sunday said he did not ask any lawyer to sue the police in a bid to secure his release. Evans made the disclosure in an...
An alleged head of a kidnapping ring in Lagos, Nigeria, is suing the Inspector-General of Police. Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, who is better known as Evans, says he was unlawfully detained and a subject...
Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu says the recent death of Ivory Coast’s Cheick Tiote should be a wake up call to act over heart problems in Africa. Tiote, who was 30, died earlier this month...
Former Nigeria captain Nwankwo Kanu says the recent death of Ivory Coast’s Cheick Tiote should be a wake up call to act over heart problems in Africa. Tiote, who was 30, died earlier this month...
Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its oil-dependent economy and earn much-needed foreign exchange. Agriculture minister Audu...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released her latest report on the transportation and use of hard drugs across the world, revealing Africa’s highest cocaine transit points....
Authorities in north-eastern Nigeria have begun digging a 27km (17 mile) trench around the University of Maiduguri to prevent attacks by Boko Haram Islamist militants. On Sunday three suicide bombers...
Award-winning producer Akosua Adoma Owusu’s latest film On Monday of Last Week is one of eight nominated for Best Short Film from the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Based on the short story...
The Lagos Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has signed into law Life Imprisonment or death penalty for the offence of kidnapping and forceful extortion in Lagos State as he signs into law the state...
Impoverished fishing communities in Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, celebrated a court ruling on Wednesday that said government demolitions of their homes were illegal. Residents went to court in...
Moves to sell off state assets by Benin's businessman-turned-president Patrice Talon are causing widespread anger, with critics accusing him of "uncontrolled privatisation". The 59-year-old known as...
Nigerians who ply Apapa route in Lagos may soon heave a sigh of relief following recent reports credited to the minister of Works and Housing, Babatunce Raji Fashola. The reports have it that...
Nigeria’s troubled economy will record tremendous improvement by the third quarter of the year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has predicted. The Director of Banking Supervision of CBN, Mr...
