Nigeria

Issued on: 03/03/2021 - 14:30Modified: 03/03/2021 - 14:34 IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, March 3, 2021: Papers speak to some of the 279 schoolgirls who were released after four days...

The federal capital territory is also affected by the blockade by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria. Prices of foodstuff and beef have risen in...

Dubai: A former Indian expat from Dubai, now based in Nigeria has $1 million (Dh3.67 million) at the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draws held...

Burna Boy who bagged a World Music Album nomination will perform alongside other Grammy nominees Nigerian music star, Burna Boy, is scheduled to perform at the 63rd Grammy Awards...

By Nguyen Quy   March 3, 2021 | 01:15 pm GMT+7 Ekwegbalu James Nzube stands trial in Tay Ninh Province for drug trafficking, March 2, 2021. Photo by Vietnam News...

Abuja — "We are relieved at the news of the reported release of over 200 students of the Government Girls' Secondary School Jangebe in Zamfara State, north-west Nigeria, who...

Nigeria on Tuesday received 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' from the Serum Institute of India (SII). Indian High Commissioner Abhay Thakur joined Nigerian dignitaries led by Minister...

Africa’s most populous country receives nearly four million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, with healthcare and front-line workers to be the first to be inoculated.Nigeria has received its first...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Jihadis linked to the Islamic State group attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Dikwa and humanitarian posts there, security officials said. The attack in Borno state...

While the release of more than 200 girls abducted from their school on Friday in northwest Nigeria is a welcome development said senior UN officials there on Tuesday, civilians...

Today's top pics: Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls freed and more Madison.com Source link : https://madison.com/gallery/news/archives/today-s-top-pics-kidnapped-nigerian-schoolgirls-freed-and-more/collection_34f535ac-a7ce-5a8d-b24e-e602281858c2.html Author : Publish date : 2021-03-02 14:15:00

The plaintiff, who authored the song "Gba gbe boshe sele", featuring Oritsefemi, alleged that the defendants used the said song as caller tunes without his authorisation. The Federal High...

The governor says 30 repentant bandits facilitated the negotiation for the release of the Jangebe schoolgirls without the payment of ransom. The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has...

Revenue drew strength from the performance of its flagship brand, the 50kg sugar. Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) said its gross sales for 2020 accelerated by one third or N53.211...

Some of the 317 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, kidnapped last Friday were freed in the early hours of Tuesday. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed...

It was written a week after the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Yoruba leader, Reuben Fasoranti. A purported 'latest letter' by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the state...

It declared a N3.50 per share interim dividend in June, which brings its total dividend for 2020 to N9.40 per share or N191.332 billion altogether. MTNN paid shareholders N7.92...

DAKAR – Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery so far to an African country by the...

By Selim Meddeb Hamrouni in Maradi, Niger  |  02 March 2021 Nigerian refugee Aisha and her family are among thousands who fled Maradi, Niger, to escape violence.   © UNHCR/Selim Meddeb Hamrouni Only...

Hundreds of girls who were abducted last week from their boarding school in Nigeria by a group of armed men have been released, a local official said on Tuesday,...