It is unclear what caused the jolt; United Airlines has said the cause was not severe turbulence, and that it is “working with aviation authorities in the US and Nigeria to understand the cause.”

Nigeria needs to double economic growth within the next year or two from an annualized rate of 3.5% in the third quarter to lift its population out of poverty, its finance minister told Reuters on Thursday at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

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The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria, which has been in the grip of an Islamist insurgency since 2009 and was hit by flooding last year,

Social media users in Nigeria have shared a video in January 2025 claiming it showed 200 missing children who were found in a house in Nigeria’s Rivers state. However, the posts are misleading: Nigerian police confirmed the footage featured 16 children rescued from a compound in September 2024 in a case linked to alleged human trafficking.

Nigeria's central bank expects the economy to expand by 4.17% this year, Governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Thursday, driven by ongoing reforms and stabilising inflation. Reforms instituted by President Bola Tinubu in 2023,

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has expressed confidence that Nigeria's military is poised to become a superpower in the production of military equipment in the coming years.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday.

The senate got into a heated exchange with the NPC s lawmakers expressed concerns over the lack of accurate demographic data.

The Nigerian government has announced an update to its basic education curriculum, introducing 15 new trades to improve students' practical

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has announced with deep sadness the passing of Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni, a former Chairman of the Board of

The Zimbabwe initiative falls within the ambits of a wider regional programme called the SADC [Southern African Development Community] Digital Farmer ID.