Curfews were ordered across several northern states on Friday after clashes erupted the previous day. Security forces have fired tear gas to break up protests in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, as nationwide demonstrations against economic hardship continue. Curfews were ordered across several northern states on Friday after clashes erupted in…
Lagos, Nigeria – Armed with a protest sign, 20-year-old Samuel Adeleke joined a crowd of angry Nigerians gathered in Ikeja, the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, on Thursday morning. Passing through nearby residential areas, the few hundred protesters raised placards decrying the high cost of food and rising cost…
Police in Nigeria have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kano as thousands of people in cities across the country joined rallies to protest the high cost of living. The country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira…
Nigerian artist Fola David is seeking the Guinness record for the largest drawing by an individual after spending six days on his piece in a stadium in the commercial capital Lagos. A drone view of the complete piece covering over 1,000 square meters at Onikan stadium in Lagos, Nigeria on…
Search and rescue efforts under way after school collapses in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau State. Several children have been killed and dozens were trapped after a school building collapsed in north-central Nigeria, authorities have said. The Saints Academy college in the Jos North district of Plateau State collapsed on Friday morning…
European Union’s crypto-focussed MiCA legislation, created to govern the crypto sector, went live on June 30 almost one year after being finalised in April 2023. The aim of this legislation is to ensure that investors engaging with the crypto sector across the EU region are safeguarded against the factors of…
Suspected female suicide bombers target a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in the restive Borno region. At least 18 people have been killed and dozens injured after a series of blasts by suspected female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a hospital and a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State….
Residents say gunmen on motorbikes arrived in Maidabino village in Katsina state and started shooting sporadically. At least seven people were killed and 100 kidnapped on Saturday night when gunmen attacked a rural community in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, residents and police said on Sunday, in the latest attack against…
A general strike demanding higher wages brings Nigeria to a standstill. Nigeria has Africa’s largest population and it’s one of the world’s top oil producers. Yet the nation of more than 200 million people has struggled with corruption, economic mismanagement and a weak currency. A general strike this week is…
Main separatist group in restive southeast region denies responsibility and blames ‘criminals’ for the deadly attack. The Nigerian military has said that separatists killed at least 11 people in a “surprise” assault on a checkpoint in the country’s southeastern Abia State, the latest in a string of raids in the…
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