With performance, participation and people, cricket in Nigeria hopes to shape people, and their mindset and value system

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A report published on 13 January has given slightly good news for Nigeria’s clergy. The report shows that 11 priests and religious were kidnapped in the African nation in 2024, down from a total of 25 who were kidnapped in 2023.

Dave Umahi, the minister of works, says that Nigeria needs approximately N18 trillion to address its road infrastructure challenges.

Nigeria's inflation rate rose for the fourth straight month in December, advancing to 34.80% in annual terms from 34.60% in November, data from the statistics agency showed on Wednesday. Inflation quickened sharply in 2023 after President Bola Tinubu devalued the local naira currency and cut subsidies to try to lift economic growth and shore up public finances.

The World Watch List, released Jan. 15, found that 3,100 Christians were killed and 2,830 Christians were kidnapped in Nigeria in 2024.

The dramatic removal of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly speaks volumes about legislative independence.

Nigeria's full ratification last year of the Cape Town convention will help the nation reach its goal of becoming the "aviation hub of Africa", according to its aviation minister. Source: Shutterstock Nigeria is inviting developers and operators from around the world to help it develop its airports

Nigeria’s economy has struggled in recent years due to lower oil prices and tough economic reforms, resulting in a severe cost-of-living crisis. Posts circulating on social media claim this has caused Ethiopia to replace Nigeria as Africa’s fourth-largest economy.

Two church pastors kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria have been released, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria EYN leaders said

West Africa – especially Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos – becomes the world’s hottest winter party destination in “Detty December,” the festive period between December and early January.

Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps a low profile now in the face of threats in his mostly conservative Muslim region of Nigeria.

Sharia police in Nigeria's Kano state say they've "mopped up 300 of these boys from the streets" and put them in a camp for "rehabilitation."