Tag Archives: NIGERIA

Over a hundred Nigerian traders in Ghana on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, massed up at the Nigerian High Commission in Accra over the closure of their shops. Shops of foreigners operating in the retail sector in Ghana had been closed down by the Presidential Committee on Retail Trade under the …

Ghana Union of Traders Association locks shops of Nigerians engaged in retail business Nigeria is to take “urgent steps” following a viral video showing the forced closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Ghana. It comes just months after a major diplomatic row in which a building in the …

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced an elderly man to death for raping a 12-year-old girl. In recent weeks, there has been increasing public outcry and street protests by activists against rape cases across Nigeria. A spokesperson for the judiciary in Kano state told the …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to grant licences to responsible citizens to carry sophisticated weapons such as AK47 as part of measures to curb the rise in insecurity in the country. The governor said that the policy should be backed by a strict legal framework …

A crash involving a Toyota Hiace with number plate CAL15XJ and an Actros tanker with number plate FGG 176 YU on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, has led to the injury of ten victims. Anigbo, who confirmed the incident, said 15 persons were involved in the crash. “It occurred near the …

Governor Bala Mohammed in Nigeria’s Bauchi state has sent tongues wagging after appointing an aide for divorcees. There was public derision after an appointment letter confirming Balaraba Ibrahim as “Special Assistant to the governor on Women Affairs (Unmarried)”, surfaced on social media. Government officials in the north-east state have told …

Muslims in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, will hold their Friday prayers in mosques for the first time in nearly four months. Churches will resume services on Sunday. All places of worship were closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the reopening was a …

The Imo State police command has arrested a man, Goodluck Ogbuji, 28 and his wife Benita Ogbuji, 26 for allegedly inflicting severe injuries on their eight old son for buying N100 worth of Akara (bean cake), instead of N50 in Umudagu Mbieri, Imo State. According to the Imo State police …

The police in Ogun state have arrested a herbalist and four others for allegedly carrying out robbery attacks in Osiele and its environs in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. A statement from the public relations officer of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the names of …

The United Nations has said it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers by unknown armed groups in northeastern Nigeria. The statement late on Wednesday by Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, followed the release of a video showing the murder of the humanitarian …