LAGOS (Reuters) – Two executives from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will remain in detention for at least two more weeks in Nigeria after …
LAGOS (Reuters) – The death toll in weekend attacks in the central Nigerian state of Plateau has risen to 113, a local official said on …
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s economy grew by 2.54% in the third quarter, largely steady from the 2.51% in the second quarter, data showed …
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank said on Thursday that it had delayed an interest rate meeting that had been planned for next week and …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Monday urged Nigeria to work to stabilize its currency and fight corruption to unlock what …
ABUJA (Reuters) – The World Bank is aiming to help fund construction of 1,000 mini solar power grids in Africa’s biggest economy Nigeria in partnership …
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria is turning to gas as an alternative fuel after it scrapped a popular but costly subsidy on petrol …
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s central bank raised its main lending rate by a smaller-than-expected 25 basis points on Tuesday, saying it preferred a …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI will continue to consult with financial market participants on a potential reclassification of Nigeria to standalone market from frontier market …
(Reuters) – Binance has issued a cease and desist order to “Binance Nigeria Limited”, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a tweet on Sunday, calling …
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The death toll from an overloaded boat that capsized in a remote part of Nigeria’s north central region …
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual economic growth rate slowed to 2.3% in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, hurt by a …
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual inflation rose to 22.22% in April from 22.04% the previous month, as the price of food continued …
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Police blocked roads in the centre of Nigeria’s capital on Monday as judges started hearing opposition petitions disputing president-elect …
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court …
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria is withholding $743 million in revenue earned by international carriers operating in the country, the highest amount owed by any nation, …
STERLING, Va. – Three months after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 10 pounds of marijuana in a Nigeria-bound passenger’s baggage, officers …
By Ardo Hazzad BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Dozens of cattle herders and bystanders were killed and several injured by a suspected bomb blast in Nigeria’s …
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor has launched the sale of its stake in an offshore Nigerian oilfield, joining a retreat by Western …
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s tax receipts rose 56% in 2022 to 10 trillion naira ($22 billion), its highest collection on record, the head of the …
By MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) – Meta’s Oversight Board on Wednesday overturned a decision to remove a video that was shared on Instagram showing the …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Tuesday called on Nigeria to conduct an independent investigation of allegations in a Reuters report that the Nigerian …
By Anait Miridzhanian ABUJA (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund has revised Nigeria’s 2022 real GDP growth forecast down to 3% from 3.4% earlier, citing weak …
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL SHEIKH (Reuters) – Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle …
(Reuters) -The United States on Thursday ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and family members of government employees to depart Abuja, Nigeria, citing a heightened risk …
LAGOS (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Tuesday authorised the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families from Nigeria due to a …
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Nigeria would consider buying China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it grows the country’s fledgling carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Daikin Industries Ltd will begin assembling air conditioners in Nigeria as it renews a push into Africa that had been delayed by …
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday hiked its main lending rate by 150 basis points to 15.50%, its highest level …
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Inflation in Nigeria rose for a seventh straight month to 20.52% in August, the statistics bureau said on Thursday …
By MacDonald Dzirutwe DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Lying on a small bed next to her mother, 14-month-old Aisha Usman stares blankly, her eyes sunk in …
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA – Nigeria’s petroleum regulator said on Tuesday it stood by its refusal to approve Exxon Mobil’s $1.28 billion sale of shares …
ABUJA -Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has granted consent to the acquisition of Exxon Mobil’s Nigerian unit by Seplat Energy, in a $1.28 billion deal announced …
ABUJA – Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister …
By Temilade Adelaja and Seun Sanni OWO, Nigeria – Streaks of blood on the floors and walls, sandals abandoned in a desperate rush to escape, …
By Dan Burns DAVOS, Switzerland – Low crude oil production means Nigeria is barely able to cover the cost of imported petrol from its oil …
By Rachel Savage LONDON – Emerging market sovereign debt is at the “mercy” of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions, JPMorgan analysts said in a …
By Alex Lawler, Julia Payne and Ron Bousso LONDON/LAGOS – Almost half the shortfall in planned oil supply by OPEC and its allies is down …
ABUJA – A blast in the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Taraba state on Friday evening injured 11 people including children, police said, days after an …
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reminds overseas-bound travelers of the importance of complying with federal laws regulating the temporary and permanent …
Miami, Florida – A Key West man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months’ imprisonment for laundering approximately $1 million of victim funds that were illegally …
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA – Nigeria will offer a naira incentive to exporters of semi-processed or finished goods made at home in a push to …
A Nigerian city purchased two trains intended for a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin more than a decade after the Obama administration doled out $810 …
Protesters in cities across the world staged rallies Friday demanding leaders take tougher action against climate change, days before the latest global conference which will …