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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Edo North senator, Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday linked some retired military generals to illegal mining in Nigeria. Oshiomhole, who is the chairman of

At least 20 fishermen have been killed in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their village, fishermen and local security officers said on Thursday.

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,

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,

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.

The Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Sanna Selin, has expressed Finland's readiness to collaborate with Nigeria in the energy sector

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

The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Architect Kabir Ibrahim, has stressed the urgent need for action to address the critical

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