Category : Nigeria
Nigerian traditional monarch shot dead and wife kidnapped from palace
Police launch investigation after attack on home of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara state Gunmen killed a Nigerian traditional monarch and kidnapped his...
‘No gree for anybody’ slang could be message of rebellion, Nigerian police claim
Pidgin English term triggers debate after going viral in new year as a motto for self-reliance and resilience A Nigerian slang term meaning not letting...
Transatlantic slavery continued for years after 1867, historian finds
Exclusive: Evidence found by Hannah Durkin includes ships landing in Cuba in 1872, and people held in Benin in 1873 Historians have generally assumed that...
At least 160 dead and 300 wounded after attacks by armed gangs in Nigeria
‘Bandits’ started attacks in Bokkos area and spilled into neighbouring Barkin Ladi, according to local chairman Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in...
Businessman who tried to buy Sheffield United accused of ‘elaborate’ fraud
US watchdog sues Dozy Mmobuosi for allegedly faking documents and making up companies out of ‘thin air’ A Nigerian businessman who appeared to be closing...
Nigerian army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians
Residents in north-west of the country say many victims of strike during Muslim festival were women and children A Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed...
Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta
More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court Thousands of Nigerian villagers can bring human rights claims against...
‘Corruption is not an African issue’: bank chief says it’s time to believe in the continent’s future
In an exclusive interview, Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank and ‘optimist-in-chief’, says the outlook is good for a continent with both the...
Nurse main suspect in death of Afrobeats star MohBad, say Nigerian police
Lagos police chief says unnamed nurse injected singer before his death last month A nurse has been identified as the “principal suspect” in the mysterious...