A global rating agency, Fitch Rating, has maintained a positive outlook for Nigeria, affirming the country’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘B-’. The rating agency ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

In September 2024, the cost of refilling a 12.5kg cooking gas cylinder rose across Nigeria, with some states experiencing steeper price increases than others. According to the latest report from ...

In his address to Africa’s youth, Uhuru emphasized that “investment in our human capital by creating viable social and economic pathways for our youth” is vital for achieving institutional ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A building collapsed in a suburban area of Nigeria’s capital over the weekend, killing at least seven people, police said Monday. The building, located in the Sabon-Lugbe ...

Nigeria is grappling with its worst cost of living crisis in nearly 30 years – and President Bola Tinubu, who was praised as a “renewer of hope” just last year, is partially responsible.

Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them ...

Nigeria’s central bank and the International Finance Corp. signed an agreement to facilitate local-currency financing, hoping to boost demand for naira while helping firms to avoid the the ...

Victims of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria have been buried in a mass grave, after the deaths of more than 150 people on Wednesday.

LAGOS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria based fintech Moniepoint has raised $110 million in new funding from investors including Google to scale up digital payments and banking solutions across Africa ...

Human rights activists have criticised the justice system as at least one-third of those brought in for the initial court hearing were boys aged between 14 and 18. A Nigerian rights organisation ...

Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina was welcomed in a warm "homecoming ceremony" in Enugu State in Nigeria this week. The beauty queen was greeted by a crowd of enthusiastic supporters who ...