Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria's markets regulator has published a set of regulations for digital assets, signalling Africa's most populous country is trying to ...

Nigeria's Sokoto state has declared an immediate 24-hour curfew to quell protests demanding the release of suspects in the killing ...

Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers, including the junior petroleum minister, have resigned to run in next year's election, the information minister ...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet ministers seeking to run in next year's elections should resign before ...

At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were missing in Nigeria after they were ambushed by gunmen while ...

The African Union Peace and Security Council says it is concerned about the increase in food insecurity in Africa, especially ...

 Nigerian airlines have suspended plans to ground all local flights due to the soaring cost of jet fuel just hours ...

Nigerian central bank governor Godwin Emefiele has not decided to run for president next February or for another elected office ...

Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key ...

Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an attack on a train in northern Nigeria are using civilians as ...

Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria's Imo state as the stench of decomposing ...

Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday it will choose a presidential candidate at the end of May ...

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Party (APC) has set its presidential primaries for May 30-31, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion that it said killed or injured 30 people at a market where alcohol ...

Nigeria is among dozens of African countries including Ghana, Egypt and Kenya with SIM registration laws that authorities say are ...

African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 ...

A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 insurgents, including ...

Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday he wanted to run for president next February on the ruling All ...

Nigeria has repeated its demand for telecom companies to bar calls from unregistered phone lines, part of the government's policy ...

 Gunmen killed one person during an airport attack in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Saturday afternoon, three sources ...