November 23, 2022
Nigeria: Bid to Expand Oil Exploration in Nigeria's North Raises Concerns
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari opened the first oil drilling site in the country's north Tuesday, saying it will bring energy security and economic development. Read more »
November 22, 2022
West Africa: Cameroon Struggling to Rein in Arms Smuggling From Chad, Nigeria
Cameroon has blamed arms smuggling from its neighbors for fueling Boko Haram terrorism, anglophone separatists, and crime. The military says it has recovered only a small fraction… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Nigeria: United Nations in Nigeria Says Probe Into Aid Worker Killing Underway
The U.N. in Nigeria has described the killing of an aid worker by a soldier in northeast Borno State as deeply disturbing and sad. Read more »
November 16, 2022
Nigeria: UN Says Nigeria's Development Unsustainable, Urges Family Planning
The United Nations' 27th edition of the world population prospects indicator passed 8 billion on Tuesday -- 11 years after it passed 7 billion. Read more »
November 12, 2022
Africa: Buhari Calls for More Western Commitment On Climate Action
As world leaders meet in Egypt for a two-week climate change summit, COP27, African leaders have been emphasizing the need for their western counterparts to increase their… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Nigeria: Currency Hits Record Lows As Citizens React to Govt's Redesign Plan
Nigeria's currency, the naira, has dropped to a record low against the U.S. dollar as Nigerians scramble to buy U.S. currency ahead of a redesign of naira notes. Nigerian… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: IDP Camp Closures Deepen Desperation in Borno State, Rights Group Says
The closure of camps for people displaced by Islamist militants in Nigeria's Borno state has pushed more than 200,000 people into extreme poverty, a rights group says. Read more »
November 01, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Dismiss Terror Warnings By U.S., Other Foreign Missions
Nigerian authorities on Monday dismissed recent terror warnings by foreign missions for the capital, Abuja, as "false" and "irresponsible." Heads of Nigerian security agencies made… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Nigeria: President Meets Security Chiefs Amid Terror Alerts By Foreign Missions
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is holding emergency meetings Monday with security chiefs after several foreign missions issued terror warnings last week for the capital,… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Nigeria: Anxiety Grows in Abuja As Fear of Terror Attack Looms
Nigerian security forces dismantled a terror cell and arrested 35 suspected members of the militant group Islamic State West Africa Province, including five commanders, Nigerian… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Nigeria: Analysts Criticize Nigeria's Plan to Redesign Currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning on replacing its naira currency to reduce excess cash, inflation and crime. Although the currency could be in circulation as early as… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Marks Digital Currency Anniversary, Still Struggling for Its Adoption
The Central Bank of Nigeria is marking one year since launching Africa's first digital currency, the e-Naira, which leaders hoped would boost the economy and fight inflation. But… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Cameroon: Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities On Alert After U.S. Embassy Issues Security Warning
Nigerian authorities have called for calm and vigilance after the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Abuja, issued a security alert warning of an elevated risk of terror attacks,… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Fact-Checkers Arm Citizens With Truth Ahead of Elections
With Nigeria's election campaigns in full swing ahead of February's vote, fact-checkers in the country say they are working together to counter cases of disinformation. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Activists Say Police Brutality Lingers Two Years After Massive Protests
Activists in Nigeria say despite widespread protests two years ago against the police's controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), police brutality in the country is far from… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Hopeful After Massive Oil Theft Busts
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says that weeks of an intense crackdown on oil thieves have significantly reduced the scale of oil theft in the oil-rich Niger Delta and… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Floods Kill More Than 600, Slows Shipments of Essentials
The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Defend Decision To Burn Vessel Carrying Allegedly Stolen Oil
Nigeria's defense chief defended the destruction of a seized ship that was smuggling stolen oil, saying no investigation was needed. Critics say the military's burning of the ship… Read more »
October 16, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Say Separatist Not Free Yet
Nigerian prosecutors say they will appeal a court's decision to drop terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. An appeals court dismissed the charges Thursday,… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria University Lecturers Suspend 8-Month Strike
Nigerian university teachers have suspended an eight-month strike after authorities agreed to invest $1 billion to improve pay and working conditions. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Appeals Court Drops Charges Against Separatist Nnamdi Kanu
An appeals court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has annulled charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu and declared his arrest, detention and trial unlawful. For months, Kanu… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: Officials - Nigeria Flooding Leaves More Than 500 Dead, 1.4 Million Displaced
Nigerian officials say at least 500 people have been killed and 1.4 million displaced in the worst flooding in a decade. Officials say floods have affected nearly all of Nigeria's… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Discovers Huge Pipeline Used for Oil Theft
The head of Nigeria's petroleum company told a legislative committee this week that a 4-kilometer pipeline from the Forcados export terminal has been used to steal oil for nine… Read more »
October 09, 2022
Nigeria: At Least 10 Dead, Scores More Missing After Boat Capsized in Southeast Nigeria
Local emergency officials in southeastern Nigeria said Saturday that 10 people have died and more than 60 are still missing after a boat carrying passengers capsized. Officials… Read more »