On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that expanding facilities to reintegrate surrendering Islamist rebels in northeastern Nigeria was a critical step toward attaining
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Nigeria is at risk of hunger as emergency Canadian potash costs 250% more than Russian supplies.
Nigeria had to buy emergency potash supplies from Canada in April after being unable to import the essential fertilizer from Russia owing to Western sanctions,
Islamic State bombs a market in northeast Nigeria, killing several people.
An explosion shook a marketplace in Nigeria’s northeast on Wednesday, killing six people, according to police and emergency response services. The attack took place on
African entrepreneurs raised a record $5.2 billion in venture funding last year.
According to figures provided by an industry association on Tuesday, African start-ups garnered a record $5.2 billion in venture financing last year, rebounding from a
NNPC says the AKK gas pipeline will begin operations in early 2023.
Nigeria’s 614 km (384 miles) gas pipeline, which is now under construction, will begin operations in the first quarter of next year, helping to enhance
U.S approves the sale of 12 Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria, amidst growing concern over human rights violations.
After legislators put a stop to the transaction amid worries about probable human rights abuses by the Nigerian government, the US has approved a roughly
In Uganda, a Colombian researcher was crushed to death by an elephant.
Authorities say an elephant crushed to death a Colombian researcher studying chimps in Kibali National Park in western Uganda. Sebastian Ramirez Amaya, a student at
Google slams lawsuit against a puppy scammer using the platform to sell fake pets.
Google of Alphabet Inc. filed a lawsuit on Monday against an alleged puppy scammer who used its services to sell bogus puppies; the first in
Nigeria’s fuel subsidy to cost $9.6 billion in 2022 as oil prices rise.
With rising oil costs caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, Nigeria’s petrol subsidy scheme might cost 4 trillion naira ($9.6 billion) this year, up from 443
Telkom and the South African regulator strike an agreement on the spectrum auction.
Telkom SA of South Africa announced on Friday that it has struck an out-of-court deal with the country’s telecoms regulator, ICASA, putting an end to
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