Nigerian artist Tiwa Savage has lodged a police complaint against Grammy nominee Davido, accusing him of making threats against her. The music stars have been at odds since Tiwa posted a photo of herself with the mother of one of Davido’s children on her Instagram story. Davido has not yet responded to the BBC’s request […]
Nigeria’s president has suspended a minister over the alleged diversion of more than 585 million naira ($640,000; £500,000) of public money into a personal bank account. Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was suspended on Monday following public outrage over the scandal. A statement from President Bola Tinubu’s office said he had ordered […]
The first time 18-year-old Christian Asogwa used a desktop computer was last April when he sat for the Nigerian university entrance exams. He spent the first several minutes of the two-hour exam, taken at a centre in the south-eastern state of Enugu, struggling to find his way around the screen. Before he could settle down […]
By Hamza Ibrahim and Camillus Eboh KANO/ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the kitchen and ordered her and the children to run and take cover in the bush after gunmen were spotted in a nearby village. Soon they heard gunfire, starting an […]
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon and his assistant clear low […]
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change […]
Nigerian President Bola Tinubuspeaks at a panel at a G20-led summit for Africa in Berlin in November. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nigerian President Bola Tinubuspeaks at a panel at a G20-led summit for Africa in Berlin in November. Sean Gallup/Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president has ordered an […]