Terror Label for Boko Haram Debated
While violence involving Boko Haram extremists occurs on an almost daily basis in northern Nigeria, a debate is taking place in the United States over whether the radicals should be labeled as a forei
Explosions rock northern Nigeria city
KANO, Nigeria -; Multiple explosions rocked a highway checkpoint in Nigeria's second-largest city, witnesses said Wednesday, just over a month after a radical Islamist sect claimed an attack ...
Nigeria losing 150 000 barrels of oil per day
Abuja - Oil companies in Nigeria are battling against a rising theft that is costing them an estimated 150 000 barrels of crude each day, an oil major official said on ...
Two Churches Targeted in Bomb Attack in Nigeria
SULEJA, Nigeria – Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (Feb. 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven ...
Nigeria-Optimism Versus Government Magic By Jon Chikadibie Okafo
By Jon Chikadibie Okafo I returned to Nigeria after a stint in Europe with a strong dose of optimism; I was highly hopeful that I would clinch a good job and partake in the feast of "democracy ...
Massmart could open up to 20 stores in Nigeria
Africa 's most populous country, one where poverty is on the rise. "We have identified five or six cities in Nigeria and we see the potential of between 10 and 20 Game stores," ...
Nigerian naira gains on offshore dollar inflows
treasury bills . The naira closed at 157.45 to the dollar at the interbank, firmer than the 157.60 naira to the dollar it had reached on Tuesday, as more dollar inflows boosted liquidity in the ...
Nigerian, Indian arrested on drug peddling charges
Model Town on February 15 on a tip-off allegedly with 45 grams of cocaine worth around Rs 45 lakh. He told police that he first reached Mumbai and then came to Delhi about 10 days ago. He was ...
Nigerian restaurant Suya Joint opens in Roslindale
Cecelia Lizotte, chef/co-owner of Suya Joint in Roslindale Square, makes akara, crispy fritters made of black-eyed peas blended with peppers and onions. The Nigerian restaurant invited neighbors to ...