The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) launched a National Housing Fund (NHF) Diaspora Mortgage Loan in London on Friday 7 August. They claimed it
Millions of Nigerians are facing the stark choice of either going hungry or eating food that should be thrown away. This dilemma has been made
The Sokoto State government has established vigilante groups to help in tackling insecurity in the state. Governor Ahmad Aliyu said those volunteers were meant to
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) launched a National Housing Fund (NHF) Diaspora Mortgage Loan in London on Friday 7 August. They claimed it
British High Commissioner to Nigeria designate, Pete Vowles, who starts his posting in September, yesterday tweeted a picture of himself reading How to be a
The BBC aired the documentary Surviving Biafra: Voices from the Nigerian Civil War today, directed by the grandson and son of Godwin Alabi-Isama, a former
The UK’s Channel 4 broadcast yesterday a deep dive into violence from the Fulani militia in Plateau State. As the militia is made up of
Nigeria overhauled its tax system at the beginning of the year. The government claimed the “reforms” would benefit low income earners especially. As Noam Chomsky
All the shining buildings in Abuja can’t mask the city’s underbelly of ever-growing poverty as can be seen in the shanty developments that are dotted
Nigeria is facing a “hunger crisis” as food items continue to be beyond the reach for many families, despite claims made by the regime of
Kabiru Adamu, a security analyst, told Al Jazeera today that about 1,000 Nigerians are being killed on a monthly basis since December. This is despite
When the epitaph for the Bola Tinubu regime is written, sending presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala to go and represent his boss on Al Jazeera’s Head
Rice production has hit a four-year low in Nigeria due to the government flooding the market with imports. 10 years ago the government launched a
Environmental activist and former president of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) told Al Jazeera today that Ogoniland in the Niger Delta
President Donald Trump in an interview with the New York Times last Thursday has warned that he could order follow up strikes against Nigeria if
US president Donald Trump announced on social media that the US military had fired missiles at targets in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day. Early reports
While Nigeria’s ruling class struggle to find solutions to the country’s multifaceted insecurity crisis, ordinary Nigerians are paying the price in lives, destroyed livelihoods and
A Nigerian soldier on the frontline in the war against Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast of the country has revealed the odds stacked against
US president Donald Trump has threatened “that disgraced country” Nigeria with a “fast, vicious and sweet” response if they don’t take action to stop the
DW, the German public service broadcaster, today in the Flip Side programme dived into the controversial claims by US president Donald Trump that there is
President Donald Trump decided to remember Nigeria yesterday, a country he would have seen as a “shithole” during his first term, by designating it in
DW, the German public service channel posed a question today whether the detained separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu should be considered as a terrorist threatening the
Many parts of northwest Nigeria have been laid to waste by what are euphemistically known as “bandits”. Last week 32 people were killed in a
The NBA annual conference kicked off in Enugu at the International Conference Centre yesterday. The theme of this year’s conference is “Stand Out, Stand Tall”.
Very high rates of maternal mortality means that giving birth to a child in Nigeria could be a death sentence. Poverty is a significant factor
The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been catching some heat from Nigerians on social media after she said last week that she no longer identifies
The BBC ran a report yesterday about the Caribbean island nations that offer a passport to those rich enough to invest in property or other
President Bola Tinubu has proven to be out of his depth as violence engulfs different parts of Nigeria from different non-state actors. These range from
