As Nigeria enters an indefinite general strike, one worker shared with the BBC the harsh reality of surviving on the proposed minimum wage, which isn’t enough…
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Habeeb Okikiola, the Nigerian music artiste known as Portable, found himself spending the night behind bars after failing to fulfill the bail conditions required for his…
Mubarak Bala, a Nigerian atheist, initially sentenced to 24 years in prison for blasphemy-related charges in 2022, has now had his sentence reduced to five years…
Some History The early origins of what would later evolve into Afrobeat can be traced back to Ghana in the early 1920s. During this era, a…
Nigeria’s Inflation Reaches 18-Year High of 24.08% in July 2023. The latest inflation data, released on Tuesday, reveals that Nigeria’s annual inflation rate has reached an…
The election will now take place on March 18, says the election commission Nigeria’s election commission has postponed the March 11 election for state governors. “The…
As Nigerians grapple with the financial and economic crises caused by the change in banknotes, the Microfinance Bank, MfB, a segment of the financial market may…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has temporarily postponed Friday’s deadline for the country to stop using old banknotes, which had caused a cash crisis. Banks have not been…
Residents say a militia attacked their village in northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 people, though the state government says the exact number is unknown. According…
Tems, a Nigerian singer, won a Grammy Award on Sunday, becoming the country’s first female artist to do so. Burna Boy, her compatriot, lost in both…