Nigeria has paused a controversial annual levy that would require businesses employing expatriates to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 (£8,000) for other workers. President Bola Tinubu imposed …
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Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria’s northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities. The incident marked the second mass abduction in the West …
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is charting new territory by considering the establishment of an oil trading arm, potentially headquartered in London, to facilitate the operations of his upcoming refinery …
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Lionel Messi’s Argentina will face Costa Rica rather than Nigeria in a gala match on March 26 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the latest change for a match that …
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Nigeria’s government and union workers took to the streets of Lagos Tuesday as part of a new nationwide protest that threatened to shut down key services, with people angry about …
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Entertainment
‘Iwájú’ first African animated series on Disney transports viewers to futuristic Lagos
When Hamid Ibrahim, the co-founder of African entertainment company Kugali, claimed in a press interview that his business would “kick Disney’s ass,” he never imagined he’d end up collaborating with …
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A two-day protest kicked off in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos on Tuesday (Feb. 27) morning shortly before other locations nationwide followed. One of the country’s main unions, the Nigeria …
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Universal Music Group (UMG), one of the world’s biggest music corporations, has acquired the majority stake in a leading Nigerian record label, Mavin Global. The company in a statement on …
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Former Nigerian head of state, Yakubu Gowon who was one of the founders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for the lifting of sanctions on …
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With placards reading ‘end bad government now’ and ‘end hunger’, residents of one of Nigeria’s largest cities took to the streets Large crowds marched through the centre of Ibadan, in …
