Nigerias

Nigeria is partially reopening its land borders after virtually a yr and a half of closure. A choice that on the time was supposed to fight smuggling and encourage native Nigerian manufacturing. This reopening is a shocking resolution, because the announcement of the border closure in August 2019 had been introduced. The…

At the very least 51 civilians have been killed in Nigeria's unrest after days of peaceable protests over police abuses, the president mentioned on Friday, accusing "hooliganism" of the violence, claiming that safety forces have used "excessive restraint". President Muhammadu Buhari's feedback are anticipated to additional stir tensions in Africa's most populous…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday known as for an finish to road protests within the nation as authorities within the business capital Lagos struggled to implement a curfew imposed to comprise anger over a fierce assault on anti-police protesters. Photographs fired and smoke rose from at the very least two fires…

Authorities declared a 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's financial hub of Lagos on Tuesday as violence erupted in widespread protests which have shaken cities throughout the nation. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu introduced solely "vital service suppliers and first responders" would have permission on the road from 1 p.m.…

The Nigerian state authorities in Lagos on Tuesday imposed a curfew across the clock, saying protests towards the police have "degenerated" into violence. .

In tonight's version: Lagos is paralyzed by ongoing protests towards police brutality. Protesters are marching in direction of the airport as they demand extra modifications to cope with the notorious abuses that safety cops typically go to civilians. And not less than three folks have been killed in tensions earlier than Ivory Coast earlier than the election. Regional bloc ECOWAS calls on each the…

Nigeria is formally in recession for the primary time in additional than a decade, ending three years of low however optimistic progress. The African nation's financial system is closely depending on oil exports, however the coronavirus pandemic has lower international demand and the value of oil has fallen. That is unhealthy information for a rustic whose price range plans had been depending on getting a sure value per capita. Barrel, a value that now means Nigeria is promoting crude oil at a loss. Our correspondent…

Nigeria became independent from Britain on October 1, 1960, and today has Africa's largest economy. FRANCE 24's Nicolas Germain looks at how the newly independent state was soon entangled in a devastating civil war in the eastern Biafra region that would claim nearly two million lives. Africa's most populous nation became…

The death toll from a jihadist attack on the convoy of the regional governor of northeastern Nigeria has risen to 30, security sources said on Saturday. Two sources told AFP deaths from Friday's attack in the returning Borno state had doubled as more bodies were found and now included 12 police officers, five soldiers, four members of a government-backed militia and nine civilians. "The number has risen to 30 as many corpses were picked in the surrounding areas after the attack," said one of the sources, adding that…