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Nigeria reopens secondary schools, airports for domestic flights
By VOA,
1543, July 1, 2020 (EAT)
Nigeria is reopening schools for the graduating class on the advice of a task force that students get help in preparing for examinations. ...
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Nigeria reopens churches, mosques and hotels amid rising cases of COVID-19
By CNN,
1705, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian government has lifted restrictions placed on religious gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. The previous ban on religious and s...
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Nigerian President Buhari’s Chief of Staff dies from coronavirus
By Reuters,
1138, April 18, 2020 (EAT)
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter....
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Africa’s leaders forced to confront healthcare systems they neglected for years
By CNN,
1704, April 10, 2020 (EAT)
Africa's ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own co...
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‘We don’t work, we don’t eat’: Informal workers face stark choices as Nigeria shuts down over coronavirus
By CNN,
2048, March 31, 2020 (EAT)
Many countries in Africa are imposing lockdowns on their citizens as they race to curb the spread of coronavirus. But it has further highlighted th...
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Coronavirus in Africa: Over 100 cases in 10 countries
By CNN,
1615, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
Cases of coronavirus in Africa have so far been few and spread across the continent but the numbers are rising rapidly as Nigeria and South Africa on ...
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30 killed in Nigerian millitant attack
By CNN,
848, February 12, 2020 (EAT)
At least 30 people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, are dead after suspected Boko Haram militants set fire on sleeping travelers in Borno state...
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Visas on arrival for all Africans visiting Nigeria starting next year – Buhari
By Imani Mitchelle,
1343, December 12, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that all African visitors will from January receive visas on arrival. Speaking in Egypt during th...
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German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke dead at 79
By Imani Mitchelle,
1323, December 8, 2019 (EAT)
Famed German Evangelist and founder of Christ for All Nations organisation Reinhard Bonnke has died at the age of 79. According to a statement rele...
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Uhuru in Jordan, seeks support for U.N. council seat
By Duncan Mutwiri,
931, October 30, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Saudi Arabia. During the meeting on the sidelines of the Future I...
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Nigeria bans imports, exports across land borders
By Duncan Mutwiri,
1433, October 17, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria has closed all its land borders stopping the movement of goods except by sea. The customs agency which is in charge of the country's border...
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Nigeria to start evacuating its citizens from South Africa
By Imani Mitchelle,
1405, September 11, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria will on Wednesday begin to evacuate hundreds of it citizens from Johannesburg in South Africa following a series of xenophobic attacks. The...
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South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist
By Agencies,
2140, September 5, 2019 (EAT)
The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...
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Nigerian President Buhari takes action after xenophobic attacks in South Africa
By Ian Omondi,
2119, September 4, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following reports of a spate of xenophobic att...
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Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports
By CNN,
1120, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...
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Nigeria security agents arrest activist for calling for revolution
By Reuters,
1919, August 5, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian security agents arrested Omoyele Sowore, an activist, news organization founder and former presidential candidate who was calling for revolut...
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At least 65 people killed by suspected Islamists in Nigeria
By Reuters,
1006, July 29, 2019 (EAT)
At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region, state televi...
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Critics in Nigeria troubled by low number of women in Buhari’s cabinet list
By VOA,
1149, July 27, 2019 (EAT)
Concerns have been raised about the number of women whom Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended for Cabinet posts. Senators on Friday ...
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US imposes Visa restrictions on Nigerians involved in ‘undermining democracy’
By VOA,
1103, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians it said were involved in trying to undermine democracy in pres...
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Nigeria president condemns latest killings in northwestern Sokoto state
By Reuters,
1902, July 21, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state of Sokoto, his spokesman said in a state...
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