By Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe, Caleb University Conflict and tension in Nigeria are not new. Ever since independence in 1960, there…
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13 killed, dozens injured after security forces clash with protestors in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 13 people were killed, and dozens more injured following nearly a week of protests over…
Nigeria: botched economic reforms plunge the country into crisis
By Chisom Ubabukoh, O.P. Jindal Global University and Kunal Sen, United Nations University Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is facing an…
Nearly 300 children abducted by armed gangs in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — Authorities were searching on Friday for more than 280 students who were abducted from a school in…
Blinken announces $45 million to support coastal security in West Africa
ABIDJAN. Ivory Coast — During his visit to African nations this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on…
Nigeria’s former central bank boss charged with fraud
On Friday, Nigeria’s former central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele was charged with fraud after he was accused of acquiring $6.2…
Mysterious blast rocks buildings, injures multiple in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria — Following a massive blast in Oyo state that shook buildings and caused residents to flee onto the…
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves drop to six-year low as naira value declines
ABUJA, Nigeria – As Nigeria’s naira continues to decline amid help from the central bank, the country’s foreign exchange reserves…
20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
By Simon Lewis, College of Charleston Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto…
Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: what bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them
By Fred C. Tenover, University of Dayton and Nubwa Medugu, Nile University of Nigeria Antimicrobial resistance – the ability of…
