Tag: Nigeria
USAfrica: Jaw-dropping settlement, MTN South Africa to pay Nigeria only US$53.2-million (R777-million) of $8.1-billion (R118-billion) CBN fines, refunds
Special to USAfrica @usafricalive USAfricaonline.com Christmas early for MTN Group . The telecommunications operator’s shares are likely to…
USAfrica: Pre-election posture? Buhari/EFCC seek extradition of Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from Britain
Special to USAfrica @usafricalive Nigeria is seeking to extradite a former oil minister accused of alleged wide-scale corruption…
Global Terrorism Index ranks Nigeria, Somalia and Egypt among the worst hit.
The Global Terrorism Index for 2018 has been released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, which recorded…
Gunmen abduct Catholic priests in southern Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted four Catholic priests in southern Nigeria, a local state official told AFP Wednesday. The kidnapping happened…
Nigerian army posts Trump video to justify shooting muslim Shiites
Nigeria's army (has) posted a video of US President Donald Trump saying soldiers would shoot migrants throwing stones…
U.S calls on Nigeria to investigate killings of Shiite muslims by soldiers
The United States embassy in Nigeria said on Thursday it was "concerned" and called for an investigation after…
BrkNEWS: America under threat of terrorism by mail; suspect quizzed
The discovery of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, CNN and a liberal billionaire has put the United…
USAfrica: Showdown in Lagos 2019 as Tinubu rallies against Gov Ambode
By Chido Nwangwu @Chido247 The national leader of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu has publicly disowned his…
USAfrica: Is Nigeria’s President Buhari above the Law? By Chidi Amuta
Nigeria is striving to build a democracy. Our history is steeped in a variety of authoritarian excursions…
USAfrica: Fani-Kayode tells Buhari to “step down” like Nigeria’s Finance Minister Adeosun
Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com @Chido247 Femi Fani-Kayode, one of the prolific critics of Nigeria's President retired Gen.…
Boko Haram faction backed by the Islamic State group overrun Nigerian troops in Gudumbali
Boko Haram jihadists were in control of a town in northeast Nigeria on Saturday after sacking a military…
FIRESTORM: Trump’s false tweet on “South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers”
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa accused US President Donald Trump of fuelling racial tensions on Thursday (Aug 23) after he…