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Business & Finance

Nigeria launches eNaira digital currency

ABUJA: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched the country's new digital eNaira currency on Monday as Africa's...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

Technology

Nigeria to launch digital currency on Monday, central bank says

ABUJA: Nigeria will launch on Monday a digital currency, the eNaira, the central bank said, months after it barred...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 08:59pm

Business & Finance

Crypto trading thrives in Nigeria despite official disapproval

LAGOS: Nigerian art dealer Ebuka Joseph started using cryptocurrencies last year when business ground to a halt due...

Published 18 Oct, 2021 04:42am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Nigeria and Japan among 24 new signatories: US, EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact

WASHINGTON: Two dozen countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030, giving...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

World

Gunmen kill 19 traders in Nigeria market raid

KANO: Gunmen from gangs of cattle thieves and kidnappers have opened fire on a market in northwest Nigeria, killing...

Published 10 Oct, 2021 05:45pm

World

Gunmen kill 24 people in northern Nigeria

KANO: Gunmen raided two villages in northwest Nigeria killing 24 people, police and residents said Thursday, in the...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

Business & Finance

Nigeria delays launch of eNaira digital currency

ABUJA: Nigeria has delayed the launch of its eNaira digital currency, initially planned for Friday, because of the...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:56am

Markets

Nigeria looks to revive ailing palm oil sector

OKOMU: Standing beside the piles of dark red palm fruits ready for crushing for their essence, Nigerian farmer Micah...

Published 03 Oct, 2021 01:08pm

World

Elite Guinea army unit says it's overthrown president

CONAKRY: Special forces soldiers apparently ousted Guinea's long-serving President Alpha Conde on Sunday, telling ...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

World

Gunmen kidnap 140 school students in northwest Nigeria

KADUNA, (Nigeria): Gunmen kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria on Monday, a school...

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

World

Thirteen militants, four civilians killed in Niger: military

Boko Haram fighters aboard ten vehicles sprang an ambush on soldiers on Tuesday evening along the road between Diffa and Maine Soroa

Published 02 Jul, 2021 10:11am

Business & Finance

Nigeria to launch pilot digital currency by year-end

ABUJA: Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this...

Published 21 Jun, 2021 03:43am

World

Death toll rises to 88 in attack in northwest Nigeria: police

"Initially 66 bodies were recovered but 22 more have been found," Kebbi state police spokesman said.

Published 06 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

World

Death toll rises to 88 in attack in northwest Nigeria: police

Kebbi police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar said, adding that the search for more bodies was ongoing.

Published 06 Jun, 2021 01:54pm

World

Gunmen kidnapped 136 children Sunday in Nigeria: state govt

Niger State Government has confirmed the number of students abducted by bandits at the Salihu Tanko Islamic School.

Published 03 Jun, 2021 12:44pm

World

Nigerian leader appoints special envoy on Chad, Lake Chad

During the visit, Buhari had offered to assist Chad "to stabilise and return to constitutional order".

Published 01 Jun, 2021 10:03am

World

Scores of children abducted in Nigeria

KANO, (Nigeria): Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, ...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

World

30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria

Sixty-five passengers were rescued with the help of local divers, he said.

Published 10 May, 2021 03:58pm

World

Five police officers killed in southeast Nigeria

"Around evening time on Monday, we saw some people in a bus approach the police station, shoot the gate open, and killing all the six officials who tried to resist them," said Festus Okoye.

Published 27 Apr, 2021 04:03pm

World

Jihadists kill 31 soldiers in northeast Nigeria

The convoy was transporting weapons to Maiduguri when it came under attack, said a second military source who gave a similar toll.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:53pm

World

Nigeria police repel attack in restive southeast

The army said a joint security operation was underway in the volatile region "to flush out the miscreants".

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:02pm

World

Outrage in Nigeria over Buhari’s London medical trips

LAGOS: Critics of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari have caused an outcry after he flew to London for a medical...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:09am

World

In Nigeria, new Chinese-built train takes the strain

The $1.6-billion (1.34-billion-euro) Chinese-built link between Nigeria's economic hub Lagos and Ibadan, capital of the southwest region, began partial operations last December.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:06pm

World

Boko Haram kills two Cameroonian soldiers in Nigeria

"Two CDF (Cameroonian Defence Force) soldiers were killed in the 40-minute gunfight with the Boko Haram terrorists," a Nigerian military source said.

Published 21 Mar, 2021 07:28pm

World

At least 10 killed in bandit attack on Nigerian village

The state has been the hardest hit by bandits despite a government offer of amnesty in exchange for renouncing violence and surrendering their weapons.

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 04:07pm

Markets

Nigerian inflation hits 4-year high in February

The government is exploring ways to reduce transportation costs, which it says are contributing to a jump in food costs.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 01:21pm

World

Nigeria steps up hunt for 39 kidnapped students

Heavily-armed gangs in northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping for ransom, raping and pillaging.

Published 13 Mar, 2021 06:10pm

World

Gang kidnaps 25 villagers in central Nigeria

"The bandits moved house to house, stealing from their victims before taking 24 people along with them," he said.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 08:09pm

World

Nigeria eases curfew in town of kidnapped schoolgirls

They were released five days later, in the latest mass kidnapping to target schools in Nigeria.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:37pm

World

Freed Nigerian schoolgirls to reunite with parents

Since their release, the students have been in government care in state capital Gusau, where they are receiving medical treatment following their ordeal in captivity.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 08:00pm