Tag Archives: NIGERIA

The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, had their power supply cut after it emerged that they owed the utility provider to the tune of 400,000 rand ($23,000). The power cut happened on Wednesday (January 18) but was restored same day after officials arranged to pay a deposit of US$7,000. …

The political situation in both countries at the time The late Shehu Shagari was then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an African giant in terms of its population size and economic might largely with the discovery of oil in the early 1950s through to the 70s. Lagos, Nigeria’s …

President Muhammadu has said that Boko Haram was fraudulent and a plot to destroy the country. Speaking on Wednesday, January 11, while hosting members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the State House in Abuja Buhari noted that people need to grow intellectually. According to him, during …

Thousands of Ghanaians have reportedly fallen prey to a travel scam and have been left stranded in Nigeria and Cameroun. According to a video report on Akoma FM’s Facebook page, the stranded Ghanaians were promised employment opportunities and visas to travel abroad in a scam which involved persons from both …

As a form of expression of its disgust against the shooting of the military generals in 1979, the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the leadership of then General Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo threatened to cut gas supply to Ghana which had Jerry John Rawlings as head of state. …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has stated that the country registered 49 confirmed cases and no new death from Monkeypox (Mpox) cases.   The NCDC, via its official website on Thursday, December 29 said that this was a 9 per cent increase in the number of …

Nigeria and Benin have submitted a joint bid to stage the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, so joining Algeria, Morocco and Zambia in having expressed an interest in hosting the finals. Three-time African champions Nigeria are looking to stage for the third time, having co-hosted with Ghana in 2000 …

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has stressed that it is important for Nigeria to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. According to him, if the national team fails to qualify for the mundial, it will mean football in the West African country is dead. “Nigeria football will be …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the commission has recovered more than N30 billion from the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. He said this Thursday while appearing at the Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential …

Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal could earn up to $26 billion from lowering costs and increasing the availability of trade finance, a new report released by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The report, Trade Finance in West Africa examined the major barriers to …